10/08/2015 JAL 10/08/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted KHM 3/2015 Cambodia Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged judicial harassment of a human rights defender and leader of a human rights organization. According to the information received, on 15 May 2015, the Prosecution Office of the Siem Reap Provincial Court made a statement threatening to prosecute Mr. Ny Chakrya, Head of the Human Rights and Legal Aid Section of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). The threat was allegedly made in response to statements made by Mr. Chakrya criticising the arrest and detention of two individuals involved in an ongoing land dispute in Siem Reap Province. Information further suggests that on 29 May 2015, a complaint was submitted against Mr. Chakrya by the Investigating Judge and the Deputy Prosecutor of the Siem Reap Provincial Court, accusing Mr. Chakrya of three crimes under the Criminal Code. On 13 July 2015, Mr. Chakrya appeared before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing concerning the allegations against him. If Mr. Chakrya is formally charged, he reportedly faces potential accumulated fines of up to 13,000,000 Riels (approx. 3,197 USD) and one and a half year imprisonment. ADHOC was the subject of two previous communications sent on 3 February 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. KHM 1/2011, and on 13 August 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case no. KHM 5/2012. IRN 12/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations concerning the imposition of the death penalty on an honorary doctor for his spiritual beliefs and practices. Dr. Mohammad Ali Taheri, honorary doctor, author of alternative medicine theories used in Iran and abroad, and founder of Erfan-e-Halgheh (inter-universalism), was arrested on 4 May 2011 and again in October 2011, and reportedly sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly having insulted Islamic sanctities. The sentence was related to his spiritual beliefs and practices. While serving his five year sentence, the charge of Mosfed fel Arz (spreading corruption on earth) was introduced at a second trial that took place in two sessions on 11 March and 29 April 2015. On 1 August 2015, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced Dr. Taheri to death for establishing Erfan-eHalgheh. Dr. Taheri was the subject of four previous communications sent on 10 July 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. IRN 11/2013; on 22 August 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. IRN 13/2013; on 24 March 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. IRN 4/2014; and on 25 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. 28/2014. Reply A/HRC/31/79 68 Date Type