35 year old prisoner Hassan Ghashghaei died under torture in a solitary confinement cell in ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj (I.e. Gohardasht prison).
On August 11, 2010, after returning to prison from court, Hassan Ghashghaei was transferred to solitary confinement. He was blindfolded and his hands and feet were cuffed. The guards then brutally tortured him. He fell into a coma and died a few hours later.
Before his arrest, Hassan Ghashghaei clashed with security forces when he resisted against their oppressive behaviour. He was later arrested in Varamin (city in the south part of the Tehran province). He was imprisoned for five years. He was detained in ward 4 of Rajai Shahr prison but was later moved to ward 1, known as “the last verse of the song of death.” When Hassan Ghasghaei protested against the brutality of the guards, he was transferred to solitary confinement known as the “dog house”. He was murdered under torture.
Prison authorities usually report the death of prisoners under torture as death due to drug overdose or suicide. A number of prisoners have lost their lives in the torture chambers of this medieval-like prison. Prisoners are subjected to the most brutal tortures such as rape and breaking of the hands, feet, spine, and shoulders.
Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran condemn the crimes against humanity committed in the form of systematic and organized deadly tortures against political and ordinary prisoners. We ask the U.N. Secretary General and the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as other international authorities to take action to bring crimes committed by Ali Khamenei’s regime to the security council.
Human Rights and Democracy in Iran
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