White Torture - Interwievs with Iranian Women

Fourteen women testify to the shocking human rights abuses in Iranian prisonsWINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2023'A must-read for anyone concerned with human rights in Iran. A gripping, moving and utterly shocking account.' Kylie Moore-GilbertIranian prisons systematically violate human rights. In White Torture, fourteen women, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, share their experiences of imprisonment: harassment and beatings by guards, total blindfolding and denial of medical treatment. Angry interrogators threaten their families and lie about their whereabouts. One prisoner is even told she is dead.None of the women have committed crimes - they are prisoners of conscience or held hostage as bargaining chips. Through torture, the Iranian state hopes to remake their souls. These interviews, carried out by Narges Mohammadi while each woman was in prison or facing charges, are astounding documents of resistance and integrity. As Iranians still fight for Woman, Life, Freedom, White Torture indicts the regime for its crimes.

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'The testimonies of 14 women collected in White Torture read like a charge sheet against the Islamic Republic. Fortunately for future prosecutors, this book is full of inquisitors' names. Should the ayatollahs and their bully boys fall, it will surely form part of the case against them. And, as it did for Mr Khamenei, the torment of Iran's prisons might yet propel their inmates to power.' Economist

Product details

• Authors: Narges Mohammadi
• Assisted by: Amir Rezanezhad (Translation)
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9780861548767
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-876-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book; Iran, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Middle East, Political activism, Political corruption, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Political oppression & persecution, Corruption in politics, government and society, Political activism / Political engagement