Iran’s Judiciary Chief: Public Lashings are better than Prison Sentences
Partly because of overcrowding in Iranian prisons, and partly because he feels public lashings are more of a deterrent than prison, Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Shahroudi said that judges should issue lashings instead of prison sentences whenever possible.
Adultery between unmarried individuals: 100 lashes
Lesbianism: 100 lashes
False accusation: 80 lashes
Intoxication: 80 lashes
“Human rights activists and domestic press reported cases of political prisoners confined in the same wing as violent felons. There were allegations that authorities deliberately incarcerated nonviolent offenders with violent offenders, anticipating they would be killed… [and] juvenile offenders being detained with adult offenders.”
The same report indicates common methods of abuse in Iranian prisons, such as: prolonged solitary confinement with sensory deprivation, beatings, hanging detainees by the arms and legs, sleep deprivation and beatings with cables on the back, soles of the feet and the ears.”
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