A/HRC/25/61 On the sixteenth day, they asked him to hand over his identification documents, but he told them that authorities had seized it in the arrest. So they put him back in a car and took him to the Prosecutor’s office. When they took him to that office, he was handcuffed on both sides of his body to two chairs, in what he believes was meant to be an embarrassing show. He was handcuffed to a chair for 4-5 hours. He was then taken into a courtroom and a judge arrived with a full list of documents and demanded that he sign it. Mr. Khalili said that he would not sign, because there was no warrant to arrest him, and because he didn’t know the contents of the document. The judge said: “It doesn’t matter, I will just write here that you refused to sign.” The judge decided he would be freed on bail for 200 million rials, but did not charge him. Mr. Ali Khalili said he would pay the bond in cash. The judge said: “In that case, sit down.” It was clear to Mr. Khalili that he wanted to wait until the business day ended for banks, so that he would have to spend the night in prison. He was taken to jail. While they asked for his fingerprints and identification, he asked the guards to tell him what he was charged with. They told him “illicit relations and forming a prostitution ring.” Mr. Khalili points out that in Iran, when a person brings charges against a judge, they often counter-charge him personally with immorality charges. Eventually, the Prosecutor’s office accepted the bail payment. His colleagues warned him that authorities were compiling a list of charges against him and that he should leave the country. He left through the Turkish border and went to the UNHCR office in Van, where he registered. He was given an interview date by the UNHCR for a month from that time. During his time at a hotel there, he saw some suspicious people in the hotel. He wrote letters to the police in Van, and they called him back and told him they would arrange an interview in their office with him. One day after that, he was arrested by members of the Turkish police. In the car, there were also members of the Iranian Ministry of Information. He was taken back to Iran. He was taken to Section 350 of Evin prison (controlled by the Revolutionary Guards) and was placed in solitary confinement for three months. They allegedly fed him food with hallucinogens, and he began to see things. Some of his friends, including Mr. Dadkhakh and Mr. Seif, “had the same experience” (“it’s called white torture in Iran”). He was then transferred to the Revolutionary Guard Prison in Tabriz. When he was there he learned that he had already been charged with: “encouraging corruption and prostitution (1 year in prison), illicit prostitution (99 lashes), working as a spy, working against national security, and exchanging information with foreigners,” which altogether constituted Moharebeh (enmity against God). He was released based on a claim that he was mentally unstable. Thereafter he had to prove that he was undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital. His file was sent to a chamber in the Supreme Court. During that time he would go to see a psychologist and report to the Branch of Legal Medicine so that he would not be rearrested. Meanwhile, authorities confiscated all of his belongings and blocked all of his bank accounts. He had been renting out apartments, and the renters arranged with the judiciary not to pay him. He took this case to court, but it was rejected. He began writing letters to a human rights organization from internet cafes, but authorities tracked him and reinstated the execution order against him. He fled the country. 76