Date Type 22/01/2016 JUA 27/01/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 1/2016 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Violence against women; Alleged arbitrary detention, denial of due process and inadequate medical treatment of a human rights defender. According to the information received, Ms. Bahareh Hedayat, a student and prominent women’s rights activist, has been in prison since 31 December 2009. On 5 May 2010, she was sentenced to seven and a half years of imprisonment on charges of crimes against national security, insulting the President and insulting the Supreme Leader. In December 2010, Ms. Hedayat reportedly received an additional six-month prison sentence on charges of “propaganda against the state” for writing a letter from prison, in which she urged Iranian students to continue their peaceful struggle. On 17 August 2015, the Revolutionary Court issued a two-year suspended sentence at the request of Tehran’s Prosecutor General. She is reportedly suffering from chronic illness and has been diagnosed with gallstones during her imprisonment. However, Ms. Hedayat has allegedly been denied adequate medical attention. SLE 1/2016 Sierra Leone Discrimination against women; Health; Torture; Violence against women; Allegations concerning the delay in signing the Safe Abortion Bill in Sierra Leone, after its adoption by the Parliament. According to the information received, on 8 December 2015, the Parliament of Sierra Leone passed the 2015 Safe Abortion Bill by large majority. On 23 December 2015, the Bill was sent for signature to the President in order to become effective. The 2015 Safe Abortion Bill allows women to have an abortion during the first twelve weeks of gestation, under any circumstances, and between the thirteenth and twenty-fourth weeks of pregnancy in cases of rape, incest, foetal impairment or risk for the woman’s health. The Bill also authorizes abortion for girls under 18, with the consent of a parent, a guardian or an “adult acting in loco parentis”. However, on 6 January 2016, after a meeting with the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone, the President decided to send the Bill to Parliament for reconsideration. After meeting with key parliamentary leaders on 14 January 2016, the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone is expected to address the Parliament on 27 January 2016 in order to express their position on the Bill. Reply A/HRC/32/53 55