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Friday, December 31, 2004

Iran Torturing Bloggers 
Let's see if the New York Times gives this anywhere near the play they gave to Abu Ghraib.

They told very important points about the unjustifiable treatment they had received, including: 1- Physical torture, punches and kicks: "he banged my head to the bench that made my recently-operated nose bleed, and later I found out that they broke my nose"; "they punched us"; "we were alone in single cells for months"; and things of this kind...
2- The classical questions about sexual relationships [to create moral scandals]: "Write down the names of your boy/girl friends"; "tell us about your illegal [= out of marriage] sexual relationships"; "what kind of relationship have that girl/guy had with you?"; "how many times have you been raped, or have you raped?"; and worst of all, they gave the names of 6 reformist activist to one of the girls asking her to confess in writing that she had had illegal sexual relationship with them. And when the girl refused, they brought in a former prisoner (who had turned to their side under torture) who told the girl face to face that he had had sexual relationship with her!


Much more if you click on the link.

Incidentally, you can call the Iranian consulate in London at 020 7937 5225. Remember to use dialing instructions for your long distance company. (i.e., 011, country code (44 for the UK), city code. I haven't been able to get through yet.)

And additional comments from the Iranian expat in the UK who broke the story to the English-speaking world:

I really wonder why mainstream English language media paid little or no attention to this. In which other closed government system you hear the President's advisor spreading the words of innocent prisoners talking of being tortured?! Come on guys this is not an unproved rumour, President's advisor (the ex Vice President) who's also a government committee member has officially published it on his own bloody website. This only shows that the mainstream western media are much more interested in the nuclear issue than the human rights problems of Iran. And it also shows that the Iranian government and their negotiators are very skilful in diverting the attention of the west, from real and serious problems (oppression and social discontent) to less important but tricky issues (the nuke stuff). oh well hopefully the support of English, French and Dutch language sites will change this.


Good question. I think the story doesn't allow reporters to bash the US enough. It also underscores the need in and readiness of the middle east for democratic reforms. Which, if true, would prove to reflect well on the Bush Doctrine and be pretty embarrassing to a certain class of people in the west. So it's just not interesting to them.

Splash, out

Jason

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