Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 12/2013 31/07/2013 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Minority issues; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged imminent risk of executions after proceedings that did not comply with international standards on fair trial and due process guarantees, as well as torture while in detention. According to the information received, Messrs Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh, Abdul-Amir Mojaddami, and Jasim Moghaddam Payam, members of the Ahwazi Arab minority, are at risk of imminent execution. On 15 August 2012, the Revolutionary Court of Ahwaz reportedly sentenced them to death on charges of moharebeh and ifsad fil-arz. In addition, Messrs Shahab Abbasi, Sami Jadmavinejad, and Hadi Albokhanfarnejad, also Ahwazi Arabs, were sentenced to three years in prison. All the accused were reportedly held in incommunicado pretrial detention for months, subjected to torture and ill-treatment for the purpose of extracting confessions, and denied full access to a defence lawyer. Their trial took place behind closed doors, and some members of their families were allegedly harassed and detained. KEN 3/2013 31/07/2013 Kenya JUA Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged harassment and intimidation of families of victims of enforced disappearances and of eight human rights defenders from a local NGO for perceived cooperation with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID). According to the information received, since 2 July 2013, police officers in the Mount Elgon District have allegedly visited homes of family members of victims of enforced disappearances, reportedly asking them to come to the police station. The police officers allegedly questioned the families about cases of disappearances submitted to the WGEID and compelled family members to sign statements without disclosing their content. Reportedly, following the police visits, some of the families left their houses out of fear of reprisals. Furthermore, on 5 July 2013, a local NGO issued a press statement addressing the alleged incidents and asking for investigations. It is reported that the police have harassed and threatened eight members of the mentioned local NGO. Reply A/HRC/25/74 54 Date Type