Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IND 21/2011 28/10/2011 India AL Human rights defenders; Alleged raid on and search of the home of human rights defender. According to the 03/11/2011 23/07/2012 information received, on 3 October 2011 an armed contingent of sixty police officials from the states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh arrived in trucks at the home of Ms. Kavita Srivastava, National General Secretary of the People‟s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), in Jaipur city, Rajasthan. The police allegedly searched Ms. Srivastava‟s home when she was not there, based on a search warrant which related to “a dangerous Naxalite”. It is reported that the police suspected that the individual was sheltering in Ms. Srivastava‟s home; however, they did not find any evidence of this. The police allegedly attempted to push Ms. Srivastava‟s elderly father and also harassed two domestic workers. It is further reported that police stopped her sister and her friend who were close to the house. IRN 18/2011 15/11/2011 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Independence of judges and lawyers; Minority issues; Summary executions; Torture; 11/06/2012 Alleged imminent execution of Mr. Lo Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Mr. Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi. Mr. Zaniar (or Zanyar) Moradi and Mr. Loghman (or Loqman) Moradi, belonging to the Kurdish minority, were convicted of the charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) and “corruption on earth” for allegedly murdering the son of a senior cleric in Marivan, Kordestan province, north-eastern Iran, on 4 July 2009. In addition they were also convicted of participating in armed activities of Komala, a Kurdish opposition group. They were sentenced to public hanging on 22 December 2010 by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. On 12 October 2011, the Supreme Court upheld the convictions. It is alleged that both men were coerced into confessing to the offense of murder after being tortured for 25 days and that during interrogation Mr. Zaniar Moradi was subjected to lashing, vulgar insults and threatened with sexual violence. Reportedly these individuals have been targeted for arrest and execution on the grounds of their Kurdish ethnicity and political activism conducted by them or their family members. A/HRC/21/49 60 Date Type

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