AI Slams Iran For Humiliating Two Prisoners Of Conscience November 07, 2017 Amnesty International, AI, has slammed the Islamic Republic for shackling and handcuffing two prisoners of conscience who are bedbound in a hospital. It is regrettable, AI notes, that Iranian officials instead of immediately releasing  Mahmoud Salehi and Mohammad Nazari  have humiliated them. According to AI, Salehi and Nazari who needed medical treatment were transferred to a hospital where they have been shackled to their beds. “It is regrettable that Iranian officials, instead of immediately releasing Mahmoud Salehi and Mohammad Nazari, have treated them as criminals, persecute, humiliate and tying them to their beds”, AI’s researcher for Iran related cases, Raha Bahreini told Radio Farda. International laws allow using tools such as fetters and handcuffs only for the prisoners who might harm themselves or attack others and try to escape, AI reiterated. Furthermore, using chains and shackles th...