Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 18/2014 19/09/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Iran; 27/04/2015 Imprisonment and alleged deteriorating health condition of a human rights activist in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, on 15 January 2014, Mr. Heshmatollah Tabarzadi was arrested to serve the remainder of an eight-year prison sentence for propaganda against the Government, congregation and mutiny with intent to act against national security, insulting the Supreme Leader and the President, and disrupting public order. Mr. Tabarzadi reportedly suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure and concerns are raised that these health conditions are reportedly deteriorating due to his prison confinement. MEX 19/2014 22/09/2014 México AL Torture; Alegaciones de tortura. Según información recibida, el día 3 de setiembre de 2012, los 09/02/2015 Sres. Alejandro Ávila Arteaga y Juan Carlos Luna Ramírez fueron detenidos en el domicilio del segundo por personal de la Policía Federal Preventiva y sujetos a numerosos golpes, toques eléctricos y asfixia con agua y bolsas en la cara al tiempo que eran amenazados y forzados a confesar actividades delictivas. Las torturas habrían continuado en el transporte a las instalaciones de la Policía Federal Preventiva y luego a la Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada (SEIDO) donde finalmente habrían firmado confesiones forzadas ante la presencia de oficiales policiales y los abogados defensores. BRN 1/2014 25/09/2014 Brunei JAL Darussalam Discrimination against women ; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Summary executions; Torture; Violence against women; Allegations concerning the non-compliance with international human rights standards of the Shariah Penal Code Order, 2013 (SPC), enacted in Brunei Darussalam. According to the information received, the SPC’s implementation is taking place in three phases. The first phase became operational on 1 May 2014. The second and third phases are expected to commence in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Reportedly, contrary to international human rights standards, the SPC provides inter alia, for the mandatory death penalty and its use for some non-violent acts, including same-sex relations, insulting Islam and its doctrines, and witchcraft. The SPC also stipulates stoning as a method of execution, as well as corporal punishment by amputation and flogging, and allows reliance merely on the accused’s confession in order to reach a guilty verdict. Concern is expressed that the SPC discriminates against women and religious minorities; institutionalizes gender-based stereotypes of women regarding their social role and responsibility to preserve the honour of the family; criminalizes blasphemy; and imposes restrictions on the right to freedom of opinion and expression. 13/11/2014 11/03/2015 A/HRC/29/50 84 Date Type