Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ETH 7/2014 23/07/2014 Ethiopia JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Independence of judges and lawyers; Allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention and denial of medical treatment in detention of two opposition politicians. According to the information received, on 27 August 2011, Mr. Olbana Lelisa and Mr. Bekele Gerba, official of the Oromo Peoples’ Congress party and deputy chairman of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement respectively, were arrested after meeting with delegates of a non-governmental organization (NGO) working on human rights issues. They were initially detained incommunicado in Maikelawi for more than one month and questioned about their meeting with the NGO. Both men were charged with “attacking the political or territorial integrity of the State”, based on their alleged support for the Oromo Liberation Front. On November 2012, Mr. Lelisa was sentenced to 11 years and Mr. Gerba to 3 years and 7 months imprisonment, following an unfair trial in which the prosecutions’ witnesses allegedly committed perjury. They are currently detained in the Kaliti federal prison where they are being denied access to the necessary medical treatment. 09/12/2014 IRN 15/2014 23/07/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Iran; Summary executions; Alleged risk of imminent execution of a juvenile offender in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, in October 2010, Mr. Rasoul Holoumi was sentenced to death under “qesas” (“retribution in kind”) for a crime that he committed when he was below the age of 18. He was summoned and arrested in September 2009 after being accused of killing another man during a fight involving multiple people, including minors. Mr. Holoumi reportedly had no access to a lawyer during the investigation and concerns about access to a fair trial remain. IRQ 4/2014 24/07/2014 Iraq JUA Minority issues; Summary executions; Reported violence and forced displacement of ethnic and minority groups in northern Iraq. According to the information received, the advance of the Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq has resulted in acts of violence against and forced displacement of minority groups, including Chaldean Assyrian Christians and Christians of other denominations, Shia, who are a minority in northern Iraq, Shabak, Turkmen and Yezidi. Reported human rights violations against ethnic and religious minority groups include abductions, targeted killings, destruction of holy sites and the seizing of properties. Grave concern is expressed over the situation of the ethnic and religious minorities in the territories under control of the IS and the situation of internally displaced persons due to the conflict. A/HRC/28/85 45