Iran judiciary bans detention without charges
AFP, February, 2008
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TEHRAN (AFP) — The head of the Iranian judiciary has issued a decree prohibiting the detention of suspects without being charged, in his latest move to reform Iran's legal systeh, the press reported on Wednesday.
The announcement comes less than a week after judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered that no public executions would take place in Iran without his prior approval.
The decree, reported by a number of Iranian newspapers including the judiciary mouthpiece Hemayat, said the judicial apparatus should not hold suspects, issue a summons or set bail without pressing charges.
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"Refrain from summoning people without pressing charges. Refrain from holding people under arrest without pressing charges. Refrain from pressing bail without setting charges," read the text of decree.
"Refrain from summoning people without sufficient proof," it also ordered.
Western rights groups have repeatedly accused Iran of holding suspects, particularly in national security cases, for prolonged ...
