Article first published in Women News Network and reproduced here with kind permission of the author. (Original Title: Human rights Iran includes gender identity and sexual rights - Not discrimination!)
FREED HIKER SARAH SHOURD DISCLOSES PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON SHANE BAUER AND JOSH FATTAL BY IRANIAN PRISON GUARD; DETAINED HIKERS FEARED THEY WOULD BE EXECUTED Families Say Incidents Heighten Their Concern for Welfare of Jailed Americans.