Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 30/12/10 IRN 37/2010 JUA Iran (Islamic Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture Alleged solitary confinement and imposition of the death penalty on the charge of moharebeh (enmity against God). According to the information received, Mr. Habibollah Latifi, a law student at Azad University, was arrested by security forces on 23 October 2007. During the investigation process he was allegedly subjected to torture. On 3 July 2008, the First Branch of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court reportedly convicted and sentenced Mr. Latifi to the death penalty on the charge of moharebeh and other security-related crimes in connection with his membership of and activities on behalf of the Kurdish Independent Life Party. The Appeals Court in Sanandaj subsequently confirmed the ruling. Mr. Latifi’s execution was reportedly scheduled on 26 December 2010, and had been halted since then. On 26 December, members of Mr. Latifi’s family were reportedly arrested, without being informed of the charge(s) against them. Mr. Latifi was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/14/24/Add.1, page 131). 15/02/11 30/12/10 MWI 4/2010 AL Malawi Freedom of expression Allegation that proposed legislation poses a threat to freedom of the press. According to information received, on 19 November 2010 the Parliament of Malawi passed an amendment to section 46 of the Penal Code on the “power to regulate publications”, which would allow the banning of newspapers from circulation if the Minister of Information has reasonable grounds to believe that the publication would be contrary to the public interest. The proposed amendment reportedly contravenes Section 36 of the Constitution of Malawi on “freedom of the press” which stipulates that, “[t]he press shall have the right to report and publish freely, within Malawi and abroad, and to be accorded the fullest possible facilities for access to public information.” 30/12/10 PAK 17/2010 Disappearances; JUA Freedom of Pakistan expression; Human rights defenders Alleged abduction of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 21 December 2010 Mr. Siddique Eido, coordinator of the NGO Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s core group in Pasni, District Gwadar, and Mr. Yousaf Baloch were returning from a court hearing in Gwadar in a van, under police protection, when they were abducted by plainclothes men and men wearing uniforms of the Federal Paramilitary Force of Pakistan Frontier Constabulary. Mr. Eido and Mr. Baloch were under trial, with seven coaccused, in relation to an alleged attack on coastguards on 29 March 2010. Mr. Eido had allegedly received threats for reporting on human rights violations committed in the region, and feared that he might be disappeared. Their fate and whereabouts remained unknown. A/HRC/18/51 27