Date Type 11/10/2012 JUA 11/10/2012 JUA 11/10/2012 UA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 25/2012 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged risk of imminent execution after proceedings that did not comply with international human rights law standards on fair trial and due process guarantees, and the most serious crimes provision. According to the information received, Mr. Saeed Sedeghi and ten other individuals, including Mr. Hamid Rabi‘i, Mr. Mohammad Ali Rabi‘i, Mr. Ali Darvish, and Mr. Abbas Namaki, have been transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran and face imminent execution in this prison. Mr. Sedeghi was the subject of two previous communications (see above, IRN 15/2012 and IRN 21/2012). These communications reported that Mr. Sedeghi allegedly faced the risk of execution after trials that did not comply with international human rights law provisions on fair trial and due process, and for drug offences, which are not considered as most serious crimes under international law. IRQ 5/2012 Iraq Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; 12/12/2012 Alleged risk of imminent execution following proceedings that did not comply with international human rights law standards on fair trial and due process guarantees. According to the information received, Mr. Ahmad ‗Amr ‗Abd al-Qadir Muhammad, a Palestinian born in Iraq, was arrested in 2006 under accusations of attempting to plant explosives, and sentenced to death in 2011 on the basis of the Anti-Terror Law of 2005. He was allegedly held incommunicado for more than a year after his arrest, during which he was subjected to torture and his confession extracted by coercion and torture. Following a trial that allegedly did not comply with international human rights law provisions of fair trial and due process guarantees, he was reportedly transferred to al-Kadhimiya Prison in Baghdad at the end of August 2012. He is reported to be at risk of imminent execution. MAR 2/2012 Maroc Torture; Allégations d‘expulsion imminente vers la Libye et risque élevé de torture et 13/12/2012 de mauvais traitements. Selon les informations reçues, M. Aymane Souleymane Abdulhamid Sayeh, un citoyen libyen actuellement en détention au Maroc, est menacé d‘expulsion imminente vers la Libye, où il est allégué qu'il pourrait être soumis à la torture et aux mauvais traitements, ou même être tué. Il est aussi rapporté que le père de M. Sayeh était un agent de sécurité travaillant pour l‘ancien gouvernement libyen de Mouammar Kadhafi. A/HRC/22/67 119

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