Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 8/2011 09/06/2011 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Alleged arrests and arbitrary detention of members of religious minorities, in particular those belonging to the Bahá‘í faith. According to the information received, on 21 May 2011, raids were carried out in at least 30 homes of individuals involved in the activities of the Bahá‘í Institute for Higher Education. These households were reportedly subjected to extensive searches which took place simultaneously in cities throughout the country, including Gohardasht, Ishfan, Karaj, Sari, Shiraz, Tehran and Zahedan, with 15 individuals being arrested. A further eight other members of the Bahá‘í faith were reportedly interrogated by intelligence officers, and were released on the same day. These events reportedly form part of a continuous effort to deny access to education to members of the Bahá‘í faith, who are reportedly being prevented from entering public and private universities and vocational training institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 05/10/2012 IND 12/2011 29/06/2011 India JUA 08/08/2012 Adequate housing; Alleged forced eviction of more than 200 farmers. According to the information Water and received, in May 2008, at least 200 farmers from Polong and Noliasahi villages in Sanitation; Jagatsinghpur district in Orissa state were subject to forced evictions in order to make way for a steel plant and a captive port. During the eviction, the Orissa state authorities, aided by 150 armed police force officials, reportedly destroyed betel vine crops and cultivation sheds. Following the eviction, the lands were fenced off in order to prevent the farmers from accessing them. In addition, evictions of more than 470 families living and working in the Erasama block of Jagatsinghpur District and demolition of their houses and crops had allegedly been planned. The land acquisition would reportedly affect the livelihood of local communities who depend on betel vine and cashew nut cultivation and fishing in the area. A/HRC/22/67 165