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@TakhtRavanchi @Iran_UN Vahid Afkari and Habib Afkari have been repeatedly tortured, following their arrests in 2018. They reported being subjected to severe beatings in Adelabad prison in Shiraz on September 5, 2020 before being placed in solitary confinement cells in

apparent retaliation for asking about the fate and whereabouts of their brother Navid Afkari, who had been removed from death row to an unidentified location on September 3; he was executed in secret on September 12, 2020. Since then, they have been held in windowless

solitary confinement cells, either together in a single cell or separately. Prison authorities are denying them access to meaningful contact with other prisoners, fresh air, telephone calls and face to face family visits. They are also being deliberately denied adequate health

care, including for torture-related injuries. Both suffer from chronic spine pain; Habib Afkari also suffers from toothaches and needs specialized dental care.

The Afkari brothers were convicted on the basis of “confessions” extracted under torture. Despite this and the lack

of credible evidence, Vahid Afkari was sentenced to 33 years and nine months’ imprisonment and 74 lashes and Habib Afkari to 15 years and eight months’ imprisonment and 74 lashes in multiple grossly unfair trials.

#Iran @Iran_UN release Vahid Afkari and Habib Afkari as they are

arbitrarily detained, quash their unjust convictions and sentences and drop all charges related to their peaceful participation in protests. In the meantime, they should be treated according to international standards for the treatment of prisoners, including access to adequate

health care and their families. If charged with internationally recognizable criminal offenses, any retrial must exclude coerced confessions.

There should be a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into their allegations of torture. Anyone found responsible must be brought to justice.

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