A/HRC/4/33/Add.1
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Para
88.
Country
Date
01/03/06
Type
JUA
Mandate
FRDX; IJL;
MIN;
RACE;
RINT;
TOR;
Allegations transmitted
also held at Ghordasht Prison. Their death
sentences have been confirmed by the Supreme
Court. Mr Esmaeil Mohammadi (the subject of
two urgent appeals E/CN.4/2005/62/Add.1, para.
843 and E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.1, para. 104) was
executed on 3 September 2005 (i.e. less than a
month after the Government’s assurances), in
Oroumiye Prison. Some days later, his family
went to the prison to visit him, but were told that
he had been executed. They were given his
clothes and personal effects, but not his body.
173 members of the Nematollah Sufi Muslim
community. On 13 February 2006, they were
arrested due to their participation in a peaceful
protest, which was violently suppressed by the
security forces and members of the Hojatieh and
Fatemiyon pro-government groups. The protest
was being held against an order by the security
forces to evacuate the community's place of
worship, known as Hosseiniye. The 173
individuals are being interrogated at Fajr Prison in
Qom and there are concerns that they are being
tortured in order to force them to sign preprepared false confessions, stating that the
protest had political motivations and was linked to
anti-government groups. The relatives of the
detainees have been unable to obtain official
information about their whereabouts and the
detainees have not had access to lawyers.
Lawyer Bahman Nazari, was arrested when he
approached officials in an attempt to represent the
detainees. The protest began on 9 February
2006. On 13 February 2006, there were hundreds
Government Response
activities, which resulted in murder. He was
sentenced to execution. His appeal was
rejected and the verdict was carried out.
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