Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 24/01/11 PAK 1/2011 JUA Pakistan Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Terrorism Allegation that the implementation of the blasphemy provisions has triggered a general atmosphere of fear. According to the information received, the death of the late Governor of Punjab Mr. Salman Taseer on 4 January 2011 was related to his opposition against the blasphemy provisions. In November 2010, Parliamentarian and former Information Minister Ms. Sherry Rehman submitted a private members’ bill seeking to eliminate the death penalty for the use of derogatory remarks in respect of the Holy Prophet and penalize false blasphemy accusations. Subsequently, two fatwas demanding her death were declared. The journalist Mr. Kamran Ali Chisti received death threats after lodging complaints against the Imam of the Sultan Mosque in Karachi following the issuance of the fatwa against Ms. Rehman. Mr. Shazad Kamran, who provides moral, legal and financial support for people convicted of blasphemy, reportedly received death threats. There have been death threats to other activists and lawyers, including Ms. Asma Jahangir, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and former UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. Ms. Sherbano Taseer, daughter of the late Mr. Salman Taseer, has reportedly received death threats. On 8 December 2010, Imam Yousuf Quershi of the Mohabat Khan mosque in Peshawar, reportedly pronounced a reward for anyone who kills Ms. Asia Bibi, member of the Christian minority who had been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges on 7 November 2010. The Minister for Minorities, Mr. Shabhaz Bhatti had reportedly received death threats. On 29 October 2010, Muslim inmates at a prison in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province allegedly stoned a young Christian man named Imran Masih. On 11 January 2011, Mr. Mohammed Shafi and his son Mr. Mohammed Aslam were reportedly jailed to life imprisonment for blasphemy. 26/01/11 IRN 2/2011 UA Iran (Islamic Republic of) Summary executions Alleged pattern of executions, mainly in relation to drug trafficking charges. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammad Ali Haj-Aghaie and Mr. Jafar Kazemi, subjects of an earlier communication (case no. IRN 1/2011, see above) were executed. A high number of executions was reportedly carried out across the country from October 2010 until January 2011, many of which were conducted at Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison on charges related to drug trafficking. Reportedly, Mr. Ernie Tamonde, citizen of the Philippines, Mr. Paul Chindo, a Nigerian citizen, and Mr. Aquasi Aquabe of Ghana were executed at Vakilabad Prison on 17 November, 26 October and 18 August 2010, respectively. In Ahwaz Prison, on 31 December 2010, three detainees were reportedly executed, allegedly sentenced to death on charges of carrying and possessing narcotics. It is further alleged that about 600 individuals detained in this prison are on death row. Reply A/HRC/18/51 38 Date Type