Iran prisoners who reported abuse charged to silence them

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Iranian judiciary authorities are prosecuting human rights defenders for reporting abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Since September 2020, the authorities have brought charges against two imprisoned activists who had published letters alleging mistreatment.