Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 7/2013 16/04/2013 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Iran; Minority issues; Alleged deteriorating state of health of two men on hunger strike. According to the information received, Mr Kasra Nouri and Mr Saleheldin Moradi, both members of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervish religious order, have been on hunger strike since 16 January 2013, having switched to a dry hunger strike on 21 March 2013. They are reportedly in poor physical condition and have lost approximately 35 kilograms in weight. As a result they experience difficulty talking and seeing, and their nails have blackened. They have also reportedly been subject to forced feeding by prison officials as well as Ministry of Intelligence staff. Both are allegedly currently receiving fluids through intravenous drip. In addition, Mr Nouri was reportedly recently severely beaten in a facility run by the Ministry of Intelligence. SDN 4/2013 16/04/2013 Sudan JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged torture, incommunicado detention and subsequent risk of further torture and illtreatment. According to the information received, on 23 March 2013, Mr. Hatim Ali Mohammed, a 25 year old Sudanese engineer, attended a demonstration in the suburbs of Khartoum. It is reported that plain clothes members of the National Security Service (NSS) arrested Mr. Mohammed during the protest. He was allegedly detained for several hours, beaten, and subsequently released. He was allegedly ordered to report to the NSS the next day. On 24 March 2013, Mr. Mohammed presented himself at the headquarters of the NSS in Khartoum North, as requested by NSS officers. Since then his fate and exact whereabouts as well as the criminal charges against him are not known. It is also reported that on 10 April 2013, the NSS arrested Mr. Sharf Eldein Tia, the nephew of a Nuba woman activist. Since then, the fate and whereabouts as well as the criminal charges against Mr. Sharf Eldein Tia are not known. Reply A/HRC/24/21 37