Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 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. ESP 7/2013 30/12/2013 Spain JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 03/04/2014 Presunta disconformidad del anteproyecto de Ley Orgánica sobre Protección de la Seguridad Ciudadana, con estándares internacionales de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 29 de noviembre de 2013, el Consejo de Ministros aprobó el anteproyecto de Ley Orgánica sobre Protección de la Seguridad Ciudadana, que actualizará la Ley Orgánica 1/1992 de 27 de febrero de 1992. Su envío al Congreso de los Diputados sería inminente. Se alega que el texto del anteproyecto no ha sido aún hecho público, y que la sociedad civil y otros actores relevantes no han sido consultados ni han podido participar de forma efectiva en su elaboración. ARE 7/2013 30/12/2013 United Arab JUA Emirates Disappearances; Torture; Alleged enforced disappearance and ill-treatment of a Qatari national by State Security officers of the United Arab Emirates and alleged risk of further torture or illtreatment while in secret detention. According to the information received, on 23 December 2013, Mr. Abdulrahman al-Jaidah, age 25, was beaten by State Security officers and taken to an unknown location, outside the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is reported that Mr. al-Jaidah was attending a session of his father’s trial in the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi when he was told to go outside by a member of the UAE’s State Security apparatus. The fate and whereabouts of Mr. Abdulrahman al-Jaidah are unknown. Serious concern is expressed that the abduction of Mr. al-Jaidah may be related to his public campaign on his father’s case, drawing attention to his father’s prolonged detention without charge and alleged torture. 27/02/2014 A/HRC/26/21 34 Date Type