Written question asked by Michael Latham (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 July 1987. It was answered by David Mellor (Conservative) on Monday, 13 July 1987 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Untitled Written question

Question

To raise with the UN Human Rights Commission allegations of the use of an electric guillotine to cut off fingers of prisoners during 1986 in the Islamic Republic of Iran detailed in recent report by Amnesty International, also stoning to death of at least eight people during 1986 in Iran & of the use of torture, including floggings and mock executions in Iran.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

119 c333-4W;119 c331-2W

Session

1987-88

Subjects

Capital punishment Human rights Torture Iran UN Commission on Human Rights