Iran: Further Information on Fear of torture

Index Number: MDE 13/072/2008
Fecha de publicación: 22 mayo 2008
Categorías: Irán

Jamshid Arazpour and Haji Aman Khadivar, who were among a group of Iranians of Turkmen ethnicity detained in early January 2008, are now known to have been charged with public order offences and tried, although the outcomes of their trials are not known. Meanwhile, reports have emerged that some of those detained, including children, were tortured by security forces.