Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 23/2014 14/10/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) 16/06/2015 Iran; Summary Alleged risk of execution of a juvenile offender in the Islamic Republic of Iran. executions; According to the information received, on 17 July 2011, Mr. Saman Naseem, at that time Torture; a juvenile, and member of Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), was arrested after an armed confrontation between the Revolutionary Guards and PJAK in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, which allegedly led to the death of one Revolutionary Guard and injury of three others. In August 2012, the Supreme Court overturned the death sentence handed down by the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad in January 2012, following a trial that fell short of international standards. In April 2013, a criminal court in Mahabad sentenced Mr. Naseem to death for “enmity against God” (Moharebeh) and “corruption on earth” (Ifsad fil-arz). The death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in December 2013. Mr. Naseem is reportedly currently detained in Oroumieh Central Prison, awaiting execution. IRN 25/2014 21/10/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Iran; BDI 3/2014 14/11/2014 Burundi AL Discrimination Lettre concernant des normes discriminatoires envers les femmes dans la loi sur la against women ; nationalité. Selon les informations reçues, le Code de la nationalité de 2000 ne permet pas aux mères burundaises de transmettre leur nationalité à leurs enfants sauf quand ils sont nés hors mariage d’un père inconnu ou s’ils ont été reniés par leurs pères (art.4). Alleged arrest and detention of a human rights activist, including as a form of reprisal for 11/06/2015 cooperating with the United Nations, its mechanisms and representatives in the field of human rights. According to the information received, on 2 June 2014, Mr. Saeed Shirzad, a human rights activist and member of the Society for Defending Street and Working Children, was arrested at his workplace in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, and held overnight at the Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, before being transferred to Evin Prison, Tehran. He was reportedly held in solitary confinement for two months in Ward 209 without access to a lawyer. Although no indictment has been issued against Mr. Shirzad, he was allegedly verbally informed of his charges on 18 August 2014, which included association and collusion against national security, propaganda against the system and cooperation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr Shirzad was the subject of a previous communication sent on 15 July 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 12/2014. 07/08/2015 A/HRC/31/79 171

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