Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
DNK 1/2013
17/07/2013 Denmark
UA
Torture;
16/06/2015
Alleged imminent risk of deportation of Mr X, an asylum seeker, who would be at risk
of being tortured and killed, if forcibly returned from Denmark to Sri Lanka. According
to the information received, Mr X’s asylum claim and subsequent appeal were rejected
by the Danish Refugee Appeals Board on 13 May 2013. Allegedly, Mr X was ordered to
leave Denmark or he would be forcibly deported from Denmark to Sri Lanka on 17 July
2013. At the moment of writing, Mr X could be deported at any moment. Reportedly, Mr
X is at risk of being killed or tortured by the supporters of Eelam People’s Democratic
Party (EPDP) or the Sri Lankan military forces, due to his alleged past relation with the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
IRN 12/2013
31/07/2013 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Arbitrary
detention;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Iran;
Minority issues;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
15/06/2015
Alleged imminent risk of executions after proceedings that did not comply with
international standards on fair trial and due process guarantees, as well as torture while
in detention. According to the information received, Messrs Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza
Amir-Khanafereh, Abdul-Amir Mojaddami, and Jasim Moghaddam Payam, members of
the Ahwazi Arab minority, are at risk of imminent execution. On 15 August 2012, the
Revolutionary Court of Ahwaz reportedly sentenced them to death on charges of
moharebeh and ifsad fil-arz. In addition, Messrs Shahab Abbasi, Sami Jadmavinejad,
and Hadi Albokhanfarnejad, also Ahwazi Arabs, were sentenced to three years in prison.
All the accused were reportedly held in incommunicado pre-trial detention for months,
subjected to torture and ill-treatment for the purpose of extracting confessions, and
denied full access to a defence lawyer. Their trial took place behind closed doors, and
some members of their families were allegedly harassed and detained.
A/HRC/31/79
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