Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 12/04/11 BHR 5/2011 JUA Bahrain Disappearances; Human rights defenders; Torture Alleged incommunicado detention and possible enforced disappearance. According to the 07/06/11 information received, on 9 April 2011 masked police officers forced their way into the home of Ms. Zainab Alkhawaja. Police officers had allegedly carried out similar searches of her father’s home, Mr. Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, as well as that of his cousin, Mr. Habib Alhalwachi. Mr. Alkhawaja is a former Protection Coordinator of Front Line and former President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. The police officers allegedly assaulted Mr. Alkhawaja and his son-in-law Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati. Ms. Alkhawaja reportedly tried to intervene, but was then assaulted by the officers. Police officers reportedly forced Mr. Alkhawaja and his sons-in-law Messrs.Wafi Almajid, Hussein Ahmed, and Al-Maskati onto the floor and beat them. Reportedly, the officers took Mr. Alkhawaja away, along with Messrs. Almajid and Ahmed. They were allegedly held in incommunicado detention, and their fate and whereabouts remained unknown. Mr. Abdulhadi Alkhawaja was the subject of earlier communications (see A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, para 103; A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, para 59; and A/HRC/4/37/Add.1 para 33). Mr. Mohamed Al-Maskati was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1 para 90). Ms. Zainab Al Khawaja was been the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, para 158). 12/04/11 IRN 6/2011 JUA Iran (Islamic Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture Alleged detention and torture of human rights lawyer. According to the information received, lawyer Mohammad Reza Houtan Kian, born 1974 was representing Ms. Ashtiani who had been sentenced to stoning for committing adultery. On 22 August 2010, Mr. Kian’s apartment was allegedly burglarized by persons who claimed to be sent by the Government. In October, Mr. Kian was allegedly arrested and kept in custody for 24 hours, while security forces raided his law office and residence. On 9 October, security forces again raided his office and arrested Mr. Kian, Ms. Ashtiani’s son Sajjad Qaderzadeh, and two German journalists. On 10 October, Mr. Kian was reportedly indicted on 11 counts, including defaming the Iranian Judiciary, espionage, and disclosing secret and classified information. He was sent to Evin prison in Tehran, where he was allegedly kept in solitary confinement until 10 December and subjected to frequent torture. On 24 January 2011, Mr. Kian was reportedly sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and a five-year ban on practising law, in a trial in which he had no access to a lawyer. A/HRC/18/51 88 Date Type