UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in Iran

          
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          UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in Iran
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          The many allegations came from family members, Links to this article
          lawyers and released detainees, said Manfred Nowak, an
          independent investigator appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
          “I tmly believe that these complaints will stand up to scmtiny,” he told The Associated
          Press.
          One defeated reformist presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, said Sunday he has received
          reports from former military commanders and other senior officials of male and female
          prisoners being raped by jailers.
          Nowak said he has asked the Iranian
          ______________________________________ govemment to investigate the claims
          and send him a report, but he has yet to
          receive a satisfactory response.
          “If someone appeals to the United
          Nations claiming they were tortured,
          then the govemment is obliged to
          investigate the claims thoroughly,” said
          Nowak. “To date, I'm unaware of any
          such investigation.”
          Nowak, an Austrian who has also
          investigated alleged abuses at the U.S.
          detention center at Guantanamo Bay,
          said Iran has not allowed him to visit
          fran's mission to the U.N. in Geneva declined comment, saying communications between
          the govemment and U.N. experts were confidentinl.
          There were allegations of torture in Iran's prisons even before the elections that resulted in a
          second term for President Mahmoud Abmadinejad, Nowak said.
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          through torture, Nowak said.
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          GENEVA -- A U.N. anti-torture investigator said
          Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian
          protesters detained after the June 12 presidential
          elections were abused in prison.
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