Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 9/2011 31/10/2011 Pakistan JAL Freedom of religion; Minority issues; 01/11/2011 Alleged harassment and kidnapping of individuals of the Christian minority. According to the information received, the late Governor of Punjab, Mr. Salman Taseer, was murdered on 4 January 2011 (see A/HRC/18/51, PAK 1/2011). On 26 August 2011, his son Mr. Shahbaz Taseer left his residence, not accompanied by police protection. Reportedly, Mr. Shahbaz Taseer was forced out of his car, and driven away. Ms. Shehar Bano Taseer, sister of the missing Mr. Shahbaz Taseer, had reportedly received death threats by members of religious parties, to withdraw the case against the man who is allegedly responsible for the murder of her father. Both Ms. Shehar Bano Taseer and Mr. Shahbaz Taseer are reported to have been targeted due to their father seeking reform of the blasphemy provisions in Pakistan. Furthermore, Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian member of Pakistan‟s Cabinet, was reportedly shot dead by gunmen in Islamabad due to his calls for reform of blasphemy laws. IRN 16/2011 02/11/2011 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Torture; Alleged arrest of film makers. According to the information received, on 17 September 2011, Mr Hadi Afarideh, Mr Naser Saffarian, Mr Mohsen Shahrnazdar, Mr Mojtaba Mir Tahmasb, and Ms Katayoun Shahabi, all who work in the film industry, were arrested by security forces and taken to Evin Prison. They have allegedly been under tremendous pressure to make confessions, accepting their links to western powers. The arrest of aforesaid individuals appears to have been linked to a documentary broadcasted by BBC Persian about the life of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ms Marzieh Vafamehr, a prominent actress arrested in June 2011, was reportedly released on 24 October 2011, after spending over three months in Gharchak Prison in Varamin, south east of Tehran. She was reportedly released after an appeal court overturned the original sentence of 90 lashes and also reduced the imprisonment of one year to three months. On 10 October 2011, Ms Vafamehr was allegedly sentenced to one year in prison and 90 lashes for her role in a film produced in Australia. Furthermore, the appeal court reportedly upheld the six-year imprisonment and a ban on writing scripts and making films for twenty years on internationally acclaimed film maker Jafar Panahi. In December 2010, the lower court reportedly sentenced Mr Panahi to six years imprisonment, coupled with a 20 year ban from involvement in film-making, travelling abroad and giving interviews to domestic and international media. Mr Panahi was allegedly arrested in March 2010 and subsequently charged with collusion and propaganda against the system. A/HRC/19/44 132 Date Type