Date
Type
26/06/2012
JUA
26/06/2012
JUA
26/06/2012
JUA
Case No
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
IRN 15/2012
Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
Iran; Summary
executions; Torture;
10/10/2012
Alleged imminent risk of execution of two individuals after reported unfair
trials. According to the information received, on 29 November 2011, Mr
Saeed Sedeghi was arrested in Tehran for drug trafficking. He was held in the
Kahrizak detention centre his arrest where he was reportedly tortured and
mistreated. On 26 May 2012, his trial was held in Tehran‘s Revolutionary
Court, where he was represented by a state-appointed lawyer who allegedly
did not have access to Mr Sedeghi‘s case file before the proceedings. On 2
June 2012, Mr Sedeghi was sentenced to death. It was feared the death
sentence could be carried out at any moment since he had no substantive right
to appeal. In addition, Ms Maryam (legal name: Safieh Ghafouri), a 28-yearold woman convicted of murder in 2006, was in imminent danger of being
executed in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. Authorities had reportedly scheduled
the execution of Ms Maryam three times. Most recently she was granted a 10day stay of execution, which expired on 10 June 2012.
KAZ 2/2012
Kazakhstan
Arbitrary detention;
Freedom of
expression; Freedom
of peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
24/08/2012
Allegations of acts of harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights
defenders in the context of court proceedings related to the protests in
Zhanaozen of 16 December 2011. According to the information received, on
4 June 2012 the Court of Aktau found Ms. Roza Tuletaeva, leader of the
workers‘ strike of the OzenMunaiGaz oil company, responsible for organizing
mass unrest during the protests held in Zhanaozen in December 2011.
Procedural irregularities were allegedly observed during the trial. Moreover,
on 2 June 2012 a group between 20 and 30 individuals from the ―NotAgreed‖ movement allegedly gathered near the monument of Abay, in the
city of Almaty. It is reported that Mr. Galym Ageleuov made a speech in
reference to human rights violations stemming from the court proceedings
related to the Zhanaozen protests, and on allegations of acts of torture of
detainees. Police allegedly dispersed the assembly and detained the activist.
PSE 4/2012
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
Summary executions; Alleged imminent execution and forced confession obtained under torture.
Torture;
According to the information received, following his arrest on 9 May 2010 in
the Gaza Strip, Mr. Na‘el Jamal Qandil Doghmosh was forced by police
investigators to ―confess‖ to a murder under torture. Subsequently, Mr.
Qandil Doghmosh was sentenced to death on 28 April 2011. On 13 May
2012, the Court of Cassation rejected his final appeal. At the time the
communication was sent, his execution by hanging was imminent.
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