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Raped in custody: Inquiry urged into Iran rape claims
Al Jazeera
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Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:13:00 +0000 |
One of the defeated reformist candidates in Iran's disputed presidential election is calling for an investigation into claims that anti-government protesters were raped while in custody.
Mehdi Karroubi said in a letter, made public on Monday, that a number of detainees had claimed that several women and women, arrested amid violent demonstrations, were repeatedly abused by their jailers.
"A number of detainees have said that some female detainees have been raped savagely," Karroubi said in the letter to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential religious leader and former president.
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