Case No Country Mandate(s) 29/10/2015 JAL IRN 16/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations concerning the execution of a Kurdish man on charges of moharebeh (enmity against God) in Iran. On 26 August 2015, Mr. Behrouz Alkhani, a 30-yearold Kurdish man, was executed while awaiting the outcome of a Supreme Court appeal. He had reportedly been held in solitary confinement without access to a lawyer for over a year prior to his execution. Mr. Alkhani was arrested in January 2010 in West Azerbaijan and, in 2011, convicted and sentenced to death on charges of “effective collaboration with PJAK” (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan) and “enmity against God (moharebeh) for his alleged role in the assassination of the Prosecutor of Khoy, in the West Azerbaijan province. Following his execution, authorities have reportedly refused to return his body to his family for burial. 29/10/2015 JUA IRN 20/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged arbitrary detention, sentencing to flogging and subjecting human rights activists to a virginity test. According to the information received, Ms. Fatemeh Ekhtesari was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for her collection of poetry. Mr. Mehdi Moosavi was sentenced to six years in prison for his poetry. Ms. Atena Farghadani was sentenced to over twelve years for a cartoon. All three were also charged with “illegitimate sexual relationship short of adultery” for shaking hands with a non-relative of the opposite sex. Ms. Ekhtesari and Mr. Moosavi were sentenced to ninety-nine lashes. Ms. Farghadani has not been sentenced but has already been subjected to forced virginity and pregnancy testing. Ms. Narges Mohammadi, a prominent Iranian rearrested 5 May 2015, has been subjected to harassment and deprived of necessary medical care. Ms Farghadani and Ms Mohammadi have been the subjects of seven previous communications, the most recent of which was sent 4 June 2015, see above, case no. IRN 6/2015. MMR 9/2015 Myanmar Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of two individuals including a human rights defender. According to information received, on 12 October 2015, Ms. Chaw Sandi Tun was arrested in Yangon following a satirical post she shared on Facebook regarding the Myanmar army. She is reportedly detained in Maubin prison. Mr. Patrick Kum Jaa Lee, a human rights defender, was arrested without a warrant on 14 October 2015 following a comment he posted on Facebook regarding a picture mocking the army. He is reportedly detained in Insein prison. 29/10/2015 JUA Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply A/HRC/31/79 134 Date Type