Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 08/11/10 JUA ISR 14/2010 Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; OPT Alleged conviction of human rights defender. According to the information received, on 11 26/11/10 October 2010 Mr. Abdallah Abu Rahma, a secondary-school teacher and head of the 15/02/11 organization Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall, was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and a fine by an Israeli Military Court after having been found guilty of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations. The charges allegedly relate to Mr. Abu Rahma’s activities organizing peaceful protests against the Israeli-built separation wall in the village of Bil’in. 11/11/10 JUA IRQ 6/2010 Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture 04/05/11 Alleged arrest and incommunicado detention of human rights defender’s family members. According to the information received, on 26 October 2010, the house of Mr. Ayad Muayyad Salih in Mosul was raided by members of the Iraqi military, who came to arrest him. Mr. Ayad Muayyad Salih is a human rights defender working with the Iraqi Institution for Development. Shortly afterwards, Messrs. Muayyad Salih Ahmed and Ra'ed Muayyad Salih, the father and brother of Mr. Ayad Muayyad Salih respectively, were allegedly arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, reportedly to force Mr. Ayad Muayyad Salih to surrender. Their whereabouts remained unknown. Mr. Ayad Muayyad Salih went into hiding, fearing to be arrested. 12/11/10 JUA IRN 31/2010 Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers Alleged conviction and disbarment of human rights lawyer. According to the information 08/02/11 received, on 30 October 2010, Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced Mr. Mohammad Seifzadeh, lawyer and co-founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), to nine years in prison and a ten year ban from practicing law. He was found guilty of "creating and acting within an organization which aims at threatening national security". Reportedly, Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani and Mr. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, two other co-founders of DHRC, had also been prosecuted under similar charges. Mr. Seifzadeh's trial was allegedly held without a jury panel and behind closed doors, and the Court refused Mr. Seifzadeh's request to summon witnesses. Reportedly, the disbarment of Mr. Seifzadeh by the judiciary violates Iranian legislation. Mr. Seifzadeh was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para 1261). Israel Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Reply A/HRC/18/51 138 Date Type