Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Righting a Wrong (updated)

Closing down a prison where abuses occurred and bringing prisoners to swift trial or release. No, not Gitmo….

Iran's supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where rights workers say protesters detained in the country's election turmoil have died, officials said Tuesday, as the head of the opposition sharply condemned the wave of arrests.

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Besides the closure of Kahrizak prison, the head of Iran's judiciary, promised on Monday that the public prosecutor would review the situation of all the hundreds of postelection detainees within a week and decide whether to release or bring them to trial, the state news agency IRNA reported.

  Yahoo


UPDATE:

140 people were freed on Tuesday.


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