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54,000 Iranian prisoners furloughed due to coronavirus fears: Judiciary spokesperson
//ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Over 54,000 prisoners in Iran have been temporarily released as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus
//Iraj Harirchi, the head of Iran’s coronavirus task force told reporters on Thursday that he had asked the judiciary to grant leave to certain prisoners to reduce crowding in the prisons and the spread of the virus.
//The issuing of custodial sentences has dropped 35% since the judiciary ordered judges across the country last week to refrain from taking more prisoners into custody.
//Prisoners with sentences up to five years in length have authorization to be furloughed
//However, political prisoners generally receive longer jail sentences longer than five years and are unlikely to be released.
//UN medical experts arrived in Iran on Monday to help the government tackle the widespread coronavirus outbreak
//Thirty-seven people have been detained for hoarding medical equipment... five million masks and 32 million gloves hoarded have been recovered.
//anyone found interfering in the health system while the country battles a serious outbreak of coronavirus could be found guilty of sowing “corruption on earth,” which carries the death penalty.
Source: RUDAW, (3-Mar)
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/03032020
#Iran #CoronavirusOutbreak #Prisoners
54,000 Iranian prisoners furloughed due to coronavirus fears: Judiciary spokesperson
//ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Over 54,000 prisoners in Iran have been temporarily released as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus
//Iraj Harirchi, the head of Iran’s coronavirus task force told reporters on Thursday that he had asked the judiciary to grant leave to certain prisoners to reduce crowding in the prisons and the spread of the virus.
//The issuing of custodial sentences has dropped 35% since the judiciary ordered judges across the country last week to refrain from taking more prisoners into custody.
//Prisoners with sentences up to five years in length have authorization to be furloughed
//However, political prisoners generally receive longer jail sentences longer than five years and are unlikely to be released.
//UN medical experts arrived in Iran on Monday to help the government tackle the widespread coronavirus outbreak
//Thirty-seven people have been detained for hoarding medical equipment... five million masks and 32 million gloves hoarded have been recovered.
//anyone found interfering in the health system while the country battles a serious outbreak of coronavirus could be found guilty of sowing “corruption on earth,” which carries the death penalty.
Source: RUDAW, (3-Mar)
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/03032020
#Iran #CoronavirusOutbreak #Prisoners
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