AI assessment of current human right situation in Iran
Part of the Amnesty International Report 2006
Published 23 May 2006
The Amnesty International Report documents human rights abuses in 150 countries around the world. In the introduction of this year's report it reads, “ During 2005 some of the world’s most powerful governments were successfully challenged, their hypocrisy exposed by the media, their arguments rejected by courts of law, their repressive tactics resisted by human rights activists.� AI added, “After five years of backlash against human rights in the ‘war on terror’, the tide appeared to be turning.�
However, the following passages are the part which reflects Iran’s case in 2005.
AI assessment on Iran: Scores of political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, continued to serve prison sentences imposed following unfair trials in previous years. Hundreds more were arrested in 2005, mostly in connection with civil unrest in areas with large minority populations. Internet journalists and human rights defenders were among those detained arbitrarily without access to family or legal representation, often initially in secret detention centres. Intimidation of the families of those arrested persisted. Torture remained commonplace. At least 94 people were executed, including at least eight who were under 18 at the time of their alleged offence. Many sentences of flogging were imposed. The true number of those executed or subjected to corporal punishment was believed to be considerably higher than the cases reported. …
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