Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 12/2014 15/07/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; 07/01/2015 Alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of, and denial and inadequate provision of medical care to, individuals for their involvement in human rights activities; alleged acts of reprisals against individuals for cooperating with the United Nations Human Rights Council. According to the information received, a number of human rights and labour rights activists, and trade unionists were subjected to acts of reprisals, judicial harassment, arbitrary detention, and ill-treatment while in detention, as well as denial of medical care for their involvement in human rights activities. Mr. Hadi Esmaeilzadeh was convicted of “assembly and collusion with intent to commit antisecurity crimes” and of “spreading propaganda against the State” for his involvement with the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), a non-governmental organization, and allegedly sending monthly DHRC reports to human rights organizations and the United Nations Human Rights Council; Messrs. Reza Shahabi Zakaria, Shahrokh Zamani, Mohammad Jarrahi and Mohammad Molanaei have been denied urgent medical care; and Mr. Saeed Shirzad has been denied access to a lawyer and has been barred from having contacts with his family since his arrest on 2 June 2014. OTH 6/2014 15/07/2014 Other JAL Business enterprises; Migrants; Slavery; Trafficking; Alleged trafficking of migrant workers for the purpose of labour exploitation and debt bondage by Vita Food Factory, a Thai business enterprise. According to the information received, Vita Food Factory has confiscated migrant workers identification documents and work permits, and placed them into debt bondage with the involvement of labour brokers. It is also reported that migrant workers employed by Vita Food Company have been made to pay very high documentation and brokers fees respectively to the company and labour brokers who deceived them by using false job advertisements. The company allegedly continues to be in violation of Thai labour laws with regards to minimum wages, working hours, entitlement to paid sick leave and conditions of work. This same issue was the subject of a previous communication sent to the Government of Thailand on 7 April 2014, see a/HRC/27/72, case no. THA 2/2014. A/HRC/28/85 35