A/HRC/23/51 - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

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Date
Type
24/01/2013
JUA
Case No
Country Mandate(s) Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> allegation transmitted Reply
SOM 1/2013
Somalia
Arbitrary detention;
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
expression; Human
rights defenders;
Somalia; Violence
against women;
Alleged arrest and detention without charges <strong>of</strong> a Somali journalist
reporting on a rape case, and questioning <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r journalists. According to
<strong>the</strong> information received, on 10 January 2013 Mr. Abdiaziz Abdinur
Ibrahim was summoned by <strong>the</strong> Central Investigation Department (CID) <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> Somali police in Mogadishu. When he complied with <strong>the</strong> request, he
was arrested and detained. He was reportedly held without charge and
subjected to prolonged interrogations. The arrest and detention <strong>of</strong> Abdiaziz
Abdinur appears to be linked to an article published by Al Jazeera on 6
January 2013, describing rape in camps for internally displaced people in
Mogadishu. The CID allegedly also questioned o<strong>the</strong>r Somali journalists in
connection with <strong>the</strong> article, including Mr. Omar Faruk, <strong>the</strong> Arabic
correspondent for Al Jazeera, and Mr. Abdiaziz Mohamed Dirie, a radio
journalist, who was reportedly detained for one night in <strong>the</strong> National
Security Agency facilities.
A/<strong>HRC</strong>/<strong>23</strong>/<strong>51</strong>
25/01/2013
JUA
IRN 5/2013
Iran (Islamic
Republic <strong>of</strong>)
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
expression; Freedom
<strong>of</strong> peaceful assembly
and <strong>of</strong> association;
Independence <strong>of</strong>
judges and lawyers;
Iran; Minority
issues; Summary
executions;
Terrorism; Torture;
Alleged imminent execution <strong>of</strong> five representatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ahwazi Arab
minority. According to <strong>the</strong> information received, Messrs. Mohammad Ali
Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, Hashem
Sha‘bani Amouri, and Hadi Rashidi (or Rashedi), all representatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
Ahwazi Arab minority, who were subject to a previous communication on
31 July 2012 (A/<strong>HRC</strong>/22/67, IRN 19/2012), have had <strong>the</strong>ir death sentences
upheld by <strong>the</strong> Supreme Court and <strong>the</strong> verdicts have been sent to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Office</strong>
for <strong>the</strong> Implementation <strong>of</strong> Sentences. The location <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> individuals was
unknown to <strong>the</strong>ir families. They have reportedly been sentenced under
terrorism-related charges, including moharebeh (―enmity against God‖),
efsad-e fel arz (―sowing corruption on earth‖), ―ga<strong>the</strong>ring and colluding
against State security‖ and ―spreading propaganda against <strong>the</strong> system‖,
which are not considered as most serious crimes under international law,
following a trial that allegedly did not comply with international human
rights law provisions <strong>of</strong> fair trial and due process.