Jessie Lucas
November 6th
5:37 PM
Iran is currently in trouble for covering up abuses people were experiencing while detained in prisons. A twenty seven year old activist was arrested twice. During the second time he was severely beaten as well as sodomized and then left him bound and bleeding on the street in the nation’s capital. The report, which hospital officials tried to destroy, described injuries consistent with sexual assault. Another young activist was also arrested. He was handcuffed, blindfolded, and bound and also raped while in custody. A woman, age twenty one, also spoke up about how she was raped four times when she was taken into custody. This isn’t the first time Iranian prison guards have been accused of sexual assault. The former Parliament speaker stated that he received reports of savage rapes by prison guards that caused the detainees both physical and mental damage. However the government did not believe him and in fact stated that the speaker should be jailed for making such allegations.
Really Iran? What are you doing? People are accusing your prison guards of horrible atrocities and instead of investigating the allegations, they are suggesting that those who complain be arrested! Whaaat? It’s horrible when these kinds of things go unnoticed or unrecognized but when they are completely ignored and evidence is destroyed it somehow makes it even worse. The fact that the government is trying to cover up that their prison system is corrupt and their guards immoral (for lack of a better word that is appropriate for this blog) is completely unacceptable. The fact that nobody is really stepping in to stop them is even worse. Although I am aware that it is not just in Iran that abuses such as these happen in prisons, in fact they occur here in the US. However it is still mind boggling that people do this to others and get away with it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1eEcqd27sPTDgP_v9GqGs520ULwD9BQ9K9O0
3 comments:
This is horrific and disgusting. Iran's government uses fear to control and oppress their citizens. For any citizen to question their systems character would could cause a domino effect. Corrupt governments have no interest in correcting their system, just silencing those who would speak against it. The guards who sodomize and rape their prisoners are probably encouraged to do so. Horrific accounts from prisoners work to create more fear in others. I think it's a tragic result of corruption and oprression.
This is very unfortunate and terrible to hear. Although it does seem like oh that's what happens there, it also happens here too. Something should be done to protect prisoners but it seems like nothing has been done.
This concept is nothing new people have been violated in jail/prison ever since they were created. this is further more seen in countries where they have a weak govenmental system. When compared to other places, the united states system is one of the best. Its very saddening and I hope conditions change soon.
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