Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply AGO 5/2013 05/12/2013 Angola JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations of excessive use of force to disperse a peaceful demonstration, as well as the 08/01/2014 alleged killing of a human rights defender and several other protestors. According to the 22/12/2015 information received, on 22 November 2013, an estimated 213 individuals were detained by the National Police for distributing pamphlets around Luanda alleging that security forces had killed Mr. Silva Alves Kamulingue and Mr. Isaias Sebastião Cassule while in custody. Several members of the political party CASE-CE were detained at the 9th Police Unit in Sambizanga. Whilst many of the detainees were released the following afternoon, approximately 60 individuals remain in detention, including Messrs’ Xavier Jaime, Chiconda Alexandre and Américo Chivukuvuku. On the night of 22 November 2013, Mr. Manuel “Ganga” de Carvalho was reportedly shot dead by a soldier, while distributing the same pamphlets in the neighbourhood of Coqueiros. On 23 November 2013, police officers allegedly opened fire on demonstrators and shot dead two protestors. Furthermore, the police allegedly arrested, mistreated and threatened Mr. Zola Bambi, a lawyer working for the legal aid organization Maos Livres. Two earlier related communications were sent on 26 April 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. AGO 2/2013, and on 10 June 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. AGO 3/2013. IRN 25/2013 30/12/2013 Iran (Islamic JAL Republic of) Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged execution in secret of four ethnic Arab men from Ahvaz, who were facing the death penalty. According to the information received, Mr. Ghazi Abasi, Mr. Abdolreza Amir Khanafereh, Mr. Abdolamir Mojadami and Mr. Jasem Moghadam Panah, were sentenced to death on charges of Mahrebeh (enmity against God) and Ifsad fil-arz (corruption on earth), in relation to alleged shootings that resulted in the deaths of a police officer and a soldier. The four men denied any involvement in the shootings and stated that their confessions were obtained under severe torture and other ill-treatment. An appeal was reportedly still outstanding when the execution was carried out. On 2 December 2013, officials from the Ministry of Intelligence informed the families of the four men about their execution. Neither the family nor the lawyer of the four men had received notification prior to the execution. 15/06/2015 A/HRC/31/79 168 Date Type