Iran's use of 'electric shocks' on gay children is torture, says UN report (Jerusalem Post)

[J Magarac]

Iran's use of ‘electric shocks’ on gay children is torture, says UN report
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/irans-use-of-electric-shocks-on-gay-children-is-torture-says-un-report-658727

A UN report released Wednesday on widespread human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran contains shocking findings that the theocratic state imposed electric torture on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children.

The UN Special Rapporteur for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, wrote that he is “concerned at reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children were subjected to electric shocks and the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications. These practices amount to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and violate the State’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child."

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And yet this approach has proponents in the USA. Mike Pence for example.