Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
IND 21/2011
28/10/2011 India
AL
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged raid on and search of the home of human rights defender. According to the 03/11/2011
23/07/2012
information received, on 3 October 2011 an armed contigent of sixty police
officials from the states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh arrived in trucks at the
home of Ms. Kavita Srivastava, National General Secretary of the People‘s Union
for Civil Liberties (PUCL), in Jaipur city, Rajasthan. The police allegedly searched
Ms. Srivastava‘s home when she was not there, based on a search warrant which
related to ―a dangerous Naxalite‖. It is reported that the police suspected that the
individual was sheltering in Ms. Srivastava‘s home; however, they did not find any
evidence of this. The police allegedly attempted to push Ms. Srivastava‘s elderly
father and also harassed two domestic workers. It is further reported that police
stopped her sister and her friend who were close to the house.
IRN 18/2011
15/11/2011 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Minority
issues; Summary
executions;
Torture;
Alleged imminent execution of Mr. Lo Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Mr.
Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi.
Mr. Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Mr. Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi, belonging
to the Kurdish minority, were convicted of the charges of ―enmity against God‖
(moharebeh) and ―corruption on earth‖ for allegedly murdering the son of a senior
cleric in Marivan, Kordestan province, north-eastern Iran, on 4 July 2009. In
addition they were also convicted of participating in armed activities of Komala, a
Kurdish opposition group. They were sentenced to public hanging on 22 December
2010 by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. On 12 October 2011, the
Supreme Court upheld the convictions. It is alleged that both men were coerced
into confessing to the offense of murder after being tortured for 25 days and that
during interrogation Mr. Zaniar Moradi was subjected to lashing, vulgar insults and
threatened with sexual violence. Reportedly these individuals have been targeted
for arrest and execution on the grounds of their Kurdish ethnicity and political
activism conducted by them or their family members.
Reply
11/06/2012
A/HRC/22/67
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