Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 13/2014 14/07/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Health; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Minority issues; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged arbitrary detention and infringement of due process and fair trial guarantees of 33 Kurdish men; and allegations of inhumane treatment and denial of urgent medical treatment in detention. According to the information received, between 2009 and 2010, 33 Kurdish men, including one minor, were arrested by Iranian officials in Kurdistan. They were convicted of several national security offenses. Four of them, Messrs. Hamed Ahmadi, Jameshed Dehghani, Jahangir Dehghani and Komal Molaye, were reportedly sentenced to death following a summary trial without the presence of a lawyer and subjected to both physical and psychological torture while in detention. The Supreme Court upheld their death sentences in September 2013 as well as those of four others of the group of 33 Kurdish men - Seyed Jamal Mousavi, Abdorahman Sangani, Sedigh Mohammadi and Seyed Hadi Hosseini. The other 25 men remain on death row pending review by the Supreme Court. Messrs. Hamed Ahmadi, Jameshed Dehghani, Jahangir Dehghani and Komal Molaye were the subject of a previous communication sent on 17 June 2014, A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 10/2014. ISR 6/2014 14/07/2014 Israel JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of three Palestinian activists. According to the information received, on 6 March 2014, Ms. Shireen Issawi, a Palestinian lawyer, was arrested at her house by Israeli authorities. She has since been held in solitary confinement in Al Maskubieh Complex of Jerusalem and in Hasharon prison, and is subjected to harassment, ill-treatment and long and severe questioning by the authorities. On 13 March 2014, Mr. Medhat Tarek Issawi, her brother, was also arrested by the Israeli authorities. He is currently detained in Ashkelon prison and does not have access to a lawyer. On 23 June 2014, Mr. Samer Issawi, their brother and a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested at his home by the Israeli authorities and is currently detained in Gilboa prison. His arrest reportedly occurred in the context of massive detention operations by the Israeli authorities, following the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers on 12 June 2014. Reply A/HRC/28/85 34 Date Type

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