Date Type 20/08/2015 JAL 20/08/2015 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 14/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran; Torture; Alleged application of corporal punishments on several prisoners in the form of flogging, amputation and blinding. On 3 March 2015, an unidentified man was reportedly blinded in his left eye in Rajai-Shahr prison- city of Karaj, for throwing acid in the face of an unnamed victim five years earlier in the city of Qom. On 18 May 2015, Mr. Kamran Jamalzadeh was flogged in public in one of the main streets of the city of Karaj. On 28 June 2015, two unidentified men reportedly had their fingers amputated without general anaesthetic in the Central Prison of Mashhad, North-eastern Khorasan Province. On 1 August 2015, a 27-year-old man, identified as Hamed, was sentenced to be blinded under the “Qisas” principles (retribution in kind). Two other inmates in Mashhad Central Prison, identified as Rahman K. and Mehdi R., reportedly had their right hands and left feet amputated after having been convicted of “Moharebeh” (waging war against God) for armed robbery on 3 August and 11 August 2015 respectively. NPL 2/2015 Nepal Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Minority issues; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged excessive use of force by the police to disperse a peaceful protest in Kathmandu, and serious injuries sustained by several protestors. According to the information received, on 4 August 2015, approximately 100 Dalit human rights defenders took part in a peaceful demonstration in the Bijuli Bazar area in Kathmandu to protest against the current draft of the country’s new Constitution that allegedly unduly restricts the political rights of the members of the Dalit community, and call on the law-makers to include them in the constitution-making process. The police forces dispersed the peaceful crowd, reportedly using excessive force. 26 demonstrators were injured, including Ms. Kamala Hemchuri, President of the Professional Development Resource Center, Ms. Durga Sob, Chairperson the Feminist Dalit Organization, and Mr. Ganesh B.K., Chairperson of the Rastriya Dalit Network. Serious concerns are expressed about the alleged excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators, in the exercise of their legitimate rights to freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of peaceful assembly. Further concerns are expressed about the situation of Dalit human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, who are most at risk of attacks and retaliation. Reply A/HRC/31/79 81