Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 11/11/2015 JUA IRN 21/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged imminent executions of two men who were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offences and of one political activist in Iran, following repeated torture during detention and the extraction of confessions under torture and after trials that did not comply with due process and fair trial guarantees. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammad Ali Zehi is currently imprisoned in Adelabad Prison, where he is to be executed for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking for activities that occurred when he was under the age of 18. Mr. Milad Azimi was convicted for allegedly causing death by stabbing in a fight that the court has acknowledged occurred when he was 17 years old. Mr. Shahram Ahmadi was convicted of “waging war against God” through “links to Salafi groups” and “propaganda against the system, through participating in ideological and political classes and possessing, selling, and buying books and CDs of speeches related to Sunni beliefs.” He is being held in Raja’i Shahr Prison. All three men are at risk of imminent execution. 11/11/2015 JAL RUS 6/2015 Russian Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Alleged persecution of Jehovah´s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. According 21/12/2015 to the information received, 16 Jehovah’s Witnesses are currently on trial for their religious activities, all religious literature produced by Jehovah´s Witnesses is banned from online access and importation, and their international website has been blocked. The Government, backed by a decision of the Supreme Court of 2 December 2015, considers Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” organization. It has criminalized all of its activities, including organizing and attending religious services, and its doctrine, liquidated local Jehovah’s Witnesses groups, prosecuted and convicted its leaders, seized shipments of religious books and ordered all Internet providers to block access to the official international website of Jehovah´s Witnesses. A/HRC/31/79 146 Date Type