REPORT: Iran chops off fingers of man found guilty under sharia law
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A prisoner in Iran reportedly had his fingers cut off after being found guilty for 28 cases of theft.
Iran said that the amputation was carried out Wednesday in Sari, the capital of the Iranian province of Mazandaran in the north of the country. The man who had his digits cut off was not named by authorities, according to the BBC.
The article goes on to state the following:
According to Iran’s penal code, which is based on a strict adherence to Sharia law, theft on “the first occasion” is punishable by the removal of four fingers on the accused person’s right hand. Despite that, punishments of that nature are rare, with the last similar instance occurring in January 2018 when the country cut off the hand of a 34-year-old accused of stealing sheep.
“London-based rights group Amnesty International condemned the amputation,” the Daily Mail reports.”Premeditated maiming and mutilation of individuals is not justice. ‘It is a harrowing assault against human dignity,’ said Saleh Higazi, Amnesty’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa.”
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— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 25, 2019
Iran chops off thief’s fingers as punishment for 28 crimes amid anger from human rights groups https://t.co/ImL4xtJGA6
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) October 25, 2019
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