Four fingers of a man's hand were cut off in Iran for theft.
According to the International News Agency, four prisoners
of the hand of a citizen were cut off in 28 cases of theft in a prison in
northern Iran's Mazandaran province. Under Iranian rules, the right to steal
for the first time is to cut four fingers of the right hand, but news of such
punishments is not publicized.
Amnesty International, criticized by the Iranian government
for cutting the finger of a thief as a punishment for the Iranian government,
termed the act a “kabih” and that deliberately disabling and physically disabling
someone does not fall into the category of justice.
Despite opposition and criticism of human rights
organizations, Iranian authorities defended their move, saying that fear of
punishment can be prevented by citizens' fear of punishment, such sentences
help keep people out of crime in society are proven.
Earlier in January 2018, Iranian authorities cut a
34-year-old man in northeastern Iran for stealing sheep. Like Iran, Saudi
Arabia, Nigeria and Somalia have traditions of punishing them under Islamic
sanctions. ۔
