“Like the Dead in Their Coffins”Torture, Detention, and the Crushing of Dissent in IranSupplemental Documents:The following table, documenting disciplinary action taken against student political activists in various Iranian universities during the past year, appeared in Iran’s reformist Shargh newspaper on May 29, 2004. ![]() “175 Summons in One Year”List of Disciplinary Punishments—Table 1
List of Suspended Organizations—Table 2
List of Judicial Cases—Table 3
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![]() Iranian students protest on Student Day at the Tehran University campus in December 2003. The protesters hold a picture of Ahmed Batebi, a student serving 15 years in prison for his participation in the 1999 Tehran University protests (Photo: Vaid Salemi/AP). PRESS RELEASE ![]() Iran: Torture Used to Suppress Dissent ![]() ![]() ![]() DOCUMENTS ![]() List of Student Summons Published in Shargh on May 29, 2004 ![]() One Student's Case: The Court's Verdict ![]() The Student's Story Pages 1 | 2 | 3 ![]() FULL REPORT ![]() Summary ![]() Recommendations To the Office of the Leader To the Guardian Council To the European Union To the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel and Inhuman Punishment Background ![]() Methodology Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Detention Centers and Ill-Treatment Evin Prison Parallel Forces and Illegal Detention Centers Prison 59 Edareh Amaken “White Torture”: The Use of Solitary Confinement Interrogations The Students Encounters with the Judiciary Denial of right to counsel and right to prepare a defense Non-Public Trials Denial of the Right to Appeal Testimonies Massoud Behnoud Mohsen M. Ebrahim Nabavi Ali K. Rewarding Injustice The Independent Press and the Prisoners The Article 90 Commission A Bleak Future |