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
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