A/HRC/28/70 reportedly informed on 16 January 2012 that they had been sentenced to death. The Supreme Court has since upheld the sentence.12 On 22 April 2014, their execution sentences were reportedly communicated to Urumia Prison’s Office for the Implementation of Sentences.13 Throughout the entire judicial process they were allegedly not allowed to choose their lawyer and instead were assigned court-appointed representation.14 B. Fair trial standards 23. In its Reply, the Government maintained that all accused individuals are granted the full right to a fair trial, due to the existence of — and in accordance with — due process laws. 24. On 4 January 2015, Iranian authorities reportedly arrested 33 Baluchi residents of Sarbaz Village (Sistan and Baluchistan Province), in relation to recent incidents in the area. These incidents include the reported deaths of Messrs. Issa Shahraki and Adham Sabouri on 1 January 2015, which some officials described as criminal or terrorist acts. On 21 February 2015, the families of Messrs. Edris Baladehee, Amin Raeesi, Omid Bahram-zehi, Bashir Baladehee, Abu Bakr Molazehi, Sattar Bahram-zehi, Amin, Youssef Bahram-zehi, Amer Gahram-zehi, and Davoud Bahram-zehi wrote a letter to the UN Secretary General and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran stating their family members were detained incommunicado over the previous few months. In their letter, they rejected authorities’ allegations and expressed concern regarding the detainees’ alleged lack of access to lawyers and fair trials. The family members pointed out the contradictions in the “official” account of events and provided an alibi for each person and demanded their release. Relatives and friends of Messrs. Mosayeb Vatankhah and Farhad Bahram-zehi, who were also reportedly amongst the group initially arrested, have voiced similar concerns to authorities and UN officials. C. Freedom from arbitrary detention 25. Between 2012 and 2014, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued ten opinions regarding the detention of 13 Iranians. They include the aforementioned opposition leaders along with several journalists, lawyers, a Christian pastor, and a student activist. The Government only responded to three of the WGAD’s ten communications. In its Opinions, the WGAD concluded that all individuals appear to have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, opinion, religion, belief, or association, and encouraged the government to immediately release individuals charged with peacefully exercising fundamental freedoms and to compensate them for their arbitrary detention. Ms. Nasrin Soutodeh, was released prior to the expiration of her sentence, and Mr. Bahman Ahmadi Amouee and Mr. Kiarash Kamrani were released following the completion of their sentences. None of the other individuals has been release or compensated, as recommended by the WGAD. 26. Green Movement leaders and former presidential candidates Mr. Mehdi Karoubi and Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi, along with Ms. Zahra Rahnavard, Mr. Mousavi’s wife, have been under house arrest since February 2011. On 29 August 2012, the United Nations 12 13 14 28 http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2012/02/kurdish-brothers/ Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan submission to the office of the Special Rapporteur on 23 April 2014,http://hro-kurd.net/Article.aspx?fld=fa/Scout&id=430. Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan submission to the office of the Special Rapporteur on 23 April 2014,http://hro-kurd.net/Article.aspx?fld=fa/Scout&id=430.