Amnesty and IranWire report on horrific torture of child detainees in Iran

Iranian authorities have been using torture methods, including sexual violence, against imprisoned children as young as 12 as part of a crackdown on recent protests, according to a report by Amnesty International. The report exposed the torture methods used against boys and girls in custody to punish and humiliate them and to extract forced "confessions." Amnesty called on Iran to release any children detained for protesting peacefully and urged other countries to exercise universal jurisdiction over Iranian officials suspected of criminal responsibility for crimes under international law, including the torture of child protesters.