GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Two UN experts on Thursday demanded Iran halt imminent finger amputations for three jailed men, calling the punishment a violation of international law against torture.

The Iranian authorities are set to carry out finger amputation sentences against three prisoners as early as April 11, Amnesty International warned Friday. The rights group stated that amputation ...

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UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the imminent risk of finger amputation for three men detained in Iran and called for immediate intervention to prevent this irreversible ...

The authorities amputated the fingers of two brothers in the same prison in October 2024 using a guillotine device, raising alarm that they are prepared to carry out further amputation sentences. Sara ...

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Iran: Authorities are preparing to carry out finger amputation sentences, as early as April 11, against three men imprisoned for theft following grossly unfair trials. Amputation is torture ...

He said there were about 40 to 50 headstones. While in Gaza, Ikram said he operated on one child who was 2 years old and had two fingers amputated. Her family said she was playing with a bomb that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and mayor Councillor Andrew Swaby are expressing deep sorrow over the passing of senior reporter Alecia Smith.

"I heard the doctor tell my parents to say their goodbyes because they were going to have to unplug me," Addie Hunter, 18, tells PEOPLE Courtesy of the Hunter family In October 2023, high school ...