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Iran Abuse Confirmations Abound: Mohsen and Saeedeh's Stories

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

This week, two more official accounts come out of Iran, confirming the extent of violence that is taking place in the country's detention centers.

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Rape and the Republic: Iran's Victims Speak Out

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

This week, Mehdi Karroubi came under fire for stating what for decades has been public knowledge in Iran: The systematic rape of political prisoners as a means of permanently disabling them from society, let alone from political activity.

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Kennedy, Menendez And Gillibrand Introduce Bills To Stop Immigrant Detainee Abuse

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday responded to a growing number of reports about t...

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The Rape of Taraneh: Prison Abuse of Iran's Protesters

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

The strategies and ultimate goals are the same for any kind of torture: to humiliate, disembody, extract confessions and permanently terrorize the victims to prevent further 'disturbances'.

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60,000 Inmates Sexually Abused Every Year

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works _ and states that fail to take steps to protect their inmates could se...

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Prison Abuse Photos From Iraq, Afghanistan To Be Released By Pentagon

Los Angeles Times | Peter Wallsten, Julian Barnes and Greg Miller | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration agreed late Thursday to release dozens of photographs depicting alleged abuse by U.S. personnel ...

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