Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
NOR 1/2013
04/04/2013 Norway
JUA
Disappearances;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Alleged imminent risk of deportation of a human rights defender, who would be at risk 30/04/2014
of enforced disappearance, torture and being killed by the Pakistani security forces, if
forcibly returned to Pakistan. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammad
Anwar Baloch, a journalist and political activist from Balochistan province, Pakistan,
applied for political asylum in Norway in 2010. After several years of legal proceedings
his application was rejected. On 26 February 2013, the Norwegian Immigration Appeals
Board/Utlendingnemnda (UNE) issued an order to Mr. Anwar requesting him to leave
Norway by 4 April 2013. Mr. Anwar is one of the founders and a senior editor of the
Baloch Unity Conference (BUC), an online news blog, which is highly critical of
Pakistani Government’s alleged atrocities in Balochistan province, Pakistan.
Reportedly, Mr. Anwar has also been an active political and human rights campaigner.
Allegedly if deported, Mr. Anwar might be one of the prime targets of Pakistani
security agencies.
IRN 7/2013
16/04/2013 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
religion; Iran;
Minority issues;
03/02/2014
Alleged deteriorating state of health of two men on hunger strike. According to the
information received, Mr Kasra Nouri and Mr Saleheldin Moradi, both members of the
Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervish religious order, have been on hunger strike since 16
January 2013, having switched to a dry hunger strike on 21 March 2013. They are
reportedly in poor physical condition and have lost approximately 35 kilograms in
weight, are experiencing difficulty talking and seeing and their nails have blackened due
to malnutrition. They have also reportedly been subject to forced feeding by officials
from the prison as well as the Ministry of Intelligence. Both are allegedly currently
receiving fluids through intravenous drip. Mr Nouri was reportedly recently severely
beaten in a facility run by Ministry of Intelligence.
A/HRC/26/21
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