Today 140 prisoners were released when an illegal detention camp was closed. The number of those still held is somewhere in the thousands.

Here are some excerpts from today's Green Brief concerning the conditions in the prisons.

21. The director of Mazandaran province’s detention facilities has told a human rights organization that the provincial prison at Sari held a thousand prisoners – four times more than it could actually hold. He also claimed that up to 60 people were being held at cells designed for 12.

22. Ramin Qahremani – a protester detained for two weeks – has died only two days after being released because of internal and external injuries. He had been extensively tortured and was reportedly hung upside down for extended periods of time while in detention.

24. In more tragic news, the family of a protester who went to a rally in Rasht was recently notified to pick up his body by the authorities of the city. The protester’s brother was asked upon arrival by the authorities to sign a statement, saying that the protester had died because he was suffering from a terminal illness. When he refused, the protester body was not returned.

Green Brief
http://iran.whyweprotest.net/green-brief/21643-green-brief-40-41-july-26-27-a.html

140 Prisoners Released
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election