Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 31/12/10 IRN 38/2010 JUA Iran (Islamic Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture Alleged solitary confinement, torture and death sentence. According to the information 27/06/11 received, in October 2008 Mr. Saeed Malekpour, a web programmer and developer, was arrested by plain-clothes forces without an arrest warrant, on the charges of internet-related offences. He was allegedly placed into solitary confinement for more than one year, was subjected to severe acts of torture and forced to confess charges he did not commit. Mr. Malekpour was reportedly sentenced to death on the charges of “agitation against the regime” and “insulting the sanctity of Islam”. 05/01/11 EGY 1/2011 JAL Egypt Freedom of religion; Minority issues Alleged attack and threats against minority Coptic Christian worshippers. According to the information received, on 1 January 2011, a bomb attack targeted Coptic Christian worshippers who had emerged from a New Year’s mass in the Al-Qiddissin Church in Alexandria. The bombings killed 23 Coptic Christians and injured at least 97 others. Reportedly, a statement on an Islamist website posted about two weeks before the bombings had called for attacks on Egypt’s churches and had listed among them the Al-Qiddissin Church. Following the bombing, several hundreds of Copts took to the streets in protest, clashing with Egyptian police and security forces. There had reportedly been further threats against churches made on Islamist websites. 06/01/11 GRC 1/2011 JAL Greece Freedom of religion; Minority issues Alleged attacks against mosques, cemeteries and associations belonging to the Muslim minority. According to the information received, growing intolerance and hate-motivated incidents and attacks have been experienced by members of the Muslim minority of Western Thrace. In 2010, the following hate-motivated incidents and attacks were reported: On 21 March, unidentified assailants broke the windows of a building of the Turkish Youth Union of Komotini. In May, some gravestones in the cemeteries of Kahveci and Kirmahalle of the city Komotini were destroyed. On 12 August, the Consulate General of Turkey in Thessaloniki was attacked. On 13 August, the Muslim cemetery of Pospos (Pospos) and Ifestos (Kalkanca) districts were desecrated. On 18 September, the Consulate General of Turkey in Thessaloniki was again attacked. On 13 December, the Beyköy (Avato) Mosque in Xanthi was attacked with a firebomb. A/HRC/18/51 29

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