25 Aug 2021
“This disturbing footage offers a rare glimpse of the cruelty regularly meted out to prisoners in Iran. It is shocking to see what goes on inside the walls of Evin prison, but sadly the abuse depicted in these leaked video clips is just the tip of the iceberg of Iran's torture epidemic. Torture and other ill-treatment are far too widespread and systemic in Iran's prisons and detention centres to be presented as the work of a few 'bad apples'. Brief apologies and general promises of accountability are far from enough to address Iran's crisis of systemic impunity. If the Iranian authorities want their promises of accountability to not ring hollow, they must immediately allow international monitors, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, to conduct independent inspections of Evin and other prisons in line with international standards.”
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08...
Type of Source: News
Type of Source: News
