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Death Row Prisoner Jafar Kazemi Subject to Severe Torture

By "Persian Cowboy"

According to reports from Human Right and Democracy Activists in Iran (HRDAI), political prisoner Jafar Kazemi has been subject to inhumane physical and psychological torture by security interrogator in ward 209 of Evin prison, to give scripted televised confession.The 47-year old father of two children has been sentenced to death on charges of ?Moharebeh? (enmity against God), organizing and propagating against the regime, and having family ties to previous political prisoners.Jafar Kazemi was arrested on September 18, 2009 when his taxi was stopped by intelligence agents on Hafte Hoz Square. Kazemi and the taxi driver were forcefully dragged out of the vehicle and physically harassed by the agents.Kazemi was subsequently taken to solitary confinement in ward 209 of Evin prison for 74 days, where he was subject to severe physical and psychological torture, leading to substantial wait loss, visible injury marks all over his face and body, and continual bleeding from nose and mouth...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 12, 2010 (boomark / email).