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| No evidence protestors raped in jail: Iran police |
| 2009-10-08 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's police chief said on Wednesday that an investigation had found no evidence that election protesters detained in a now closed detention center had been raped as alleged by opposition groups. "It has been proved that there was no rape in Kahrizak," the ISNA news agency quoted Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam as saying, referring to the notorious detention center south of Tehran. Moghadam acknowledged that "some offenses were committed" at the jail but he did not elaborate on the details. Three of the center's warders and around a dozen judiciary and police personnel are awaiting trial in the case. Iranian opposition groups have alleged that several male and female protesters detained in Kahrizak were raped there. Iranian officials have previously dismissed the allegations. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the closure of the detention center amid reformist media reports that three protesters died after being beaten in custody there. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "We asked outloud and nobody spoke up! You can believe us." |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-10-08 10:46 |