Date Type 21/12/2012 JAL 21/12/2012 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply GRC 3/2012 Greece Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Minority issues; Alleged arbitrary refusal to revoke decisions denying registration to groups 04/03/2013 defending minority rights. According to the information received, several associations defending minority rights have been prevented registration. Different cases have been brought to the attention of the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded that Article 11 of the Convention related to the right to freedom of association had been violated. Despite the ruling of the European Court, the concerned associations allegedly continue to face obstacles to registration. IRQ 7/2012 Iraq Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; Alleged religious intolerance, arbitrary detention, summary execution, torture and unfair trial proceedings. According to the information received, on 19 January 2007, individuals from the Followers of Imam Ahmed El Hassan El Yamani (al-Mahdi) group were attacked in the city of Najaf, their schools burned down and their books confiscated or burnt. On 18 January 2008, a Shi‘a sanctuary along with other residences and mosques was attacked by army and police forces in the cities of Basra and Nassiriya, which reportedly resulted in the summary executions of at least 18 unarmed members of the Followers of Imam Ahmed El Hassan El Yamani and 378 arrests. Detainees were purportedly subjected to torture and ill-treatment and detained for extended periods waiting for their trials. All but 45 of the detainees were eventually released. On 26 February 2009, the Appeal Criminal Court of Zi Kar Governorate convicted 28 of the accused to death sentences (pending imminent execution), including Najah Taleb Salman, Ghanem Archij Salem, Rahim Bashi Awad, Sabah Nuri Dagher, Mahmoud Razzak Mohamed, Ali Attia Rahima, Haider Kadhem Doeij, Hussein Sharif Mazuk, Abdullah Naim Delli, Mohamed Sharif Mazuk, Mohamed Jawad Hussein, Aqeel Kassem Mohamed, Hassan Charif Marzuk, Hussein Abd El Zahra Ouda, Mohamed Ali Hattab, Dia‘ Azib Lahoud, Akil Jassem Mohamed, Azhar Thajil Edham, Fadel Mohamed Cha‘in, Ali Dakhil Salem, Ala‘ Khalaf Abed Ali, Haidar Youssef Aziz, Thaeir Hattab Ati, Mohamed Abed Al Amir Jaafar, Kazem Wahid Hussein, Ahmed Hachem Jaber, Hussein Archik Salem and Ghassan Monzer Mahouss, and 16 to life imprisonment. A/HRC/23/51 29