B. Replies received between 1 August 2012 and 31 January 2013 relating to communications sent before 1 June 2012 13. The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 June 2012 to which a reply or an additional reply has been received in the period between 1 August 2012 and 31 January 2013. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and the reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. English translations of some replies received in Arabic, Chinese and Russian will be made available as soon as they are ready. Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 8/2006 01/03/2006 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Minority issues; Racism; Torture; 19/11/2012 Alleged arrests of 173 members of the Nematollah Sufi Muslim community. According to the information received, on 13 February 2006, a peaceful protest was violently suppressed by the security forces and members of the Hojatieh and Fatemiyon pro-government groups. The protest was being held against an order by the security forces to evacuate the community's place of worship, known as Hosseiniye. The 173 individuals were reportedly interrogated at Fajr prison in Qom and there were concerns that they were tortured in order to force them to sign pre-prepared false confessions, stating that the protest had political motivations and was linked to anti-government groups. Lawyer Bahman Nazari was reportedly arrested when he approached officials in an attempt to represent the detainees. Arrest warrants were reportedly issued for the main Sufi preacher in Qom, Seyed Ahmadi Shariati and the four lawyers who had previously been acting on behalf of the group. Their names are Amir Eslami, Omid Behrouzi, Gholamreza Harsimi and Farshid Yadollahi. VNM 5/2006 27/11/2006 Viet Nam JUA 23/02/2007 Arbitrary Allegations concerning the harassment of several Vietnamese human rights 28/09/2012 Detention; Human activists in the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) which Rights Defenders; took place in Hanoi from 17 to 19 November 2006, including Mr Nguyen Khac Toan, a journalist who has assisted expropriated farmers assert their land rights, Mr Nguyen Van Dai, a lawyer and founder of the Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam, Mr Hoang Tien, a writer and founder of online publication Freedom and Democracy, Mr Nguyen Phuong Anh, a cyber-dissident, Mr Duong Van Duong (aka Dai Duong) who has openly criticised land confiscation and Ms Bui Thi Kim Thanh, a human rights lawyer who has defended expropriated farmers. 161 A/HRC/22/67 Mandate(s)

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