September 6, 2010

Tortured prisoner murdered in prison Sep. 2, 2010 Mohsen Bikvand, a non-political prisoner in Rajayi Shahr (Gohardasht) in Karaj was murdered in prison on August 31. According to reports, Mohsen Bikvand was severely tortured several times by prison agents and was murdered in cellblock 6, Hall 16 in this prison. Bikvand was transferred to solitary in the beginning of June 2010. Gohardasht Prisoners believe that prison officials ordered his murder and the murder of other dissident prisoners is carried out systematically by prison officials. The Human Rights Activists in Iran published a film of the tortures of this prisoner and according to this document, both of his feet broke as a result of torture, his hands were made useless and his body was burned. Direct link of the video: http://hra-news21.info/Video/002.mpg (Human Rights Activists in Iran)

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