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. 27 A/HRC/22/67 Country

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