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The Iranian regime\u2019s Judiciary has upheld the death sentence for Navid Afkari Sangari, arrested during 2018 nationwide Iran protests in Shiraz. There have been numerous calls to stop his execution, yet news reports indicate the mullahs are to execute Navid. Allowing the regime to do so is tantamount to giving a green light to the regime to continue its human rights abuses.<\/p>\n
Torture and ill-treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n The mullahs\u2019 regime has severely tortured Navid Afkari to extract confessions from him. In a letter<\/a>, Navid, a wrestling champion, described the horrific physical and psychological tortures he had undergone. \u201cFor around 50 days I had to endure the most horrendous physical and psychological tortures. They would beat me with sticks and batons, hitting my arms, legs, abdomen, and back. They would place a plastic bag on my head and torture me until I suffocated to the very brink of death. They also poured alcohol into my nose,\u201d read the letter.<\/p>\n The Iranian regime has been using torture to force prisoners into making false confessions or to break their resistance. The Iranian Resistance, as well as many rights groups, such as Amnesty International, have on many occasions raised this issue. Following the major protests in 2018 and 2019 across Iran, the Iranian regime arrested thousands of protesters and subjected them to vicious tortures. This is in addition to killing dozens of protesters on the streets in 2018 and over 1500 protesters in November 2019.<\/p>\n In a report<\/a> published on September 2, Amnesty International referred to the vicious human rights violations in the Iranian prisons.<\/p>\n The report said: \u201cAccording to information gathered by Amnesty International, torture and other ill-treatment was used for the purposes of punishment, intimidation, mocking and humiliation of detainees. It was also used as an interrogation tactic to elicit self-incriminating statements and \u201cconfessions\u201d not just about detainees\u2019 involvement in the protests, but also about their alleged associations with opposition groups outside Iran, human rights defenders, journalists and media organizations outside Iran, as well as foreign governments. Victims told the organization that the torture sometimes started during or immediately after arrest, when detainees were usually blindfolded before being shoved into vehicles and beaten when they asked questions about where they were being taken.\u201d<\/p>\n Beatings These are some of the ways Iran's intelligence & security forces have tortured protesters & human rights defenders.<\/p>\n Read more in our new report.https:\/\/t.co\/bLkpHhdLw6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XUskZL4bn4<\/a><\/p>\n — Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) September 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
Floggings
Electric shocks
Waterboarding
Mock executions
Sexual violence
Deprivation of medical care<\/p>\n