Iran Cuts Off Prisoner’s Hand After Finding Him Guilty of Theft, Rights Group Says

Iran Cuts Off Prisoner’s Hand After Finding Him Guilty of Theft, Rights Group Says
Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz in 2013. A similar punishment was doled out in northern Iran earlier this week. The Associated Press
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Human rights group Amnesty International criticized Iran after the regime announced it cut off the hand of a man who was convicted of theft.

“By carrying out this unspeakably cruel punishment, the Iranian authorities have committed torture which is a crime under international law,” said Amnesty’s Saleh Higazi in a statement the group’s website on Thursday.
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