Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
IRN 21/2015
11/11/2015 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Freedom of
religion;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Iran;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
18/04/2016
Alleged imminent executions of two men who were under the age of 18 at the time of
04/05/2016
the alleged offences and of one political activist in Iran, following repeated torture
during detention and the extraction of confessions under torture and after trials that did
not comply with due process and fair trial guarantees. According to the information
received, Mr. Mohammad Ali Zehi is currently imprisoned in Adelabad Prison, where he
is to be executed for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking for activities that
occurred when he was under the age of 18. Mr. Milad Azimi was convicted for allegedly
causing death by stabbing in a fight that the court has acknowledged occurred when he
was 17 years old. Mr. Shahram Ahmadi was convicted of “waging war against God”
through “links to Salafi groups” and “propaganda against the system, through
participating in ideological and political classes and possessing, selling, and buying
books and CDs of speeches related to Sunni beliefs.” He is being held in Raja’i Shahr
Prison. All three men are at risk of imminent execution.
OTH 9/2015
16/11/2015 Other
JUA
Disability;
Health;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Somalia;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Alleged imminent execution of a man with a psychosocial disability who is reportedly at 10/05/2016
16/06/2016
risk of imminent execution in the autonomous region of Somaliland, in Somalia.
According to the information received, Mr. Abdullahi Ali, aged 38, has a long history of
serious psychosocial disability and had been institutionalized in Daryeel Mental Health
Hospital between 2012 and 2014. Two months after his release from hospital, he shot
dead a man following an altercation. Mr. Ali was charged with manslaughter and
detained for approximately one year before his trial. He had no legal representation
during the proceedings. Despite his history of serious psychosocial disability, no
psychiatric or psychological evaluation was carried out nor was his disability taken into
consideration by the court. In August 2015, the Regional Court of Somaliland sentenced
Mr. Ali to death. Mr. Ali’s family attempted to submit his mental health records to the
Appellate Court for its consideration but the Court refused to accept the evidence and
upheld the death sentence. Mr. Ali is at imminent risk of execution by firing squad.
A/HRC/33/32
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