Amputation of All or Part of a Finger When ... pressure to protect the finger and minimize bleeding. Raise the finger above the level of the heart to help ease throbbing pain and slow down the ...

The brutal punishment of finger amputation is allowed under the Islamic Republic's penal code but is widely condemned as abhorrent and illegal by human rights activists. Amnesty's Middle East ...

Just a minor mistake leading to a snake bite can be fatal. If bite victims are lucky, their finger joints may become necrotic and need amputation. If not, they may die. In the case of Su, he lost ...

The 30-year-old Australian field hockey player broke his finger in training earlier this month and faced an operation that would've sidelined him from the Olympics as part of a four to six-month ...

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.