A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 117 Para Country Date Type Mandate 96. 10/05/06 JUA WGAD; FRDX; TOR; 97. 19/05/06 JUA WGAD; HRD; TOR; Allegations transmitted Mostafa Evezpoor, aged 25, M. R., aged 14, and M., aged 16, brothers and activists for the rights of the Azeri Turk minority in Iran. On 6 April 2006, M. R. was arrested by officials from the Ministry of Intelligence, while writing “I am a Turk and my language is Turkish” on a wall. He was taken to a Ministry of Intelligence facility called Bagh Shomal, where he was severely beaten. He was detained for three days before being released. While he was in detention he was suspended by his feet for 24 hours, and given no food or water, or allowed to use a toilet. On 6 April 2006, Mostafa Evezpoor and M. were arrested at about midnight at their home in the city of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. The arrest was carried out by about 15 officials from the Ministry of Intelligence. Mostafa Evezpoor is currently being detained in incommunicado detention at an undisclosed location, which is believed to be a detention facility run by the Ministry of Intelligence in Tabriz. On 9 April 2006, he was brought before a court, although it is not clear whether he has been charged with a criminal offence. M. was detained for three days before being released. Saleh Malla Abbasi, a defender of the rights of the Azeri Turks in Iran, Ahar, Azerbaijan Province. On 17 April 2006, police officers from the Ministry of Intelligence entered his home, searched his house, confiscated possessions, and arrested him. His whereabouts were unknown for two days. On 19 April 2006, Mr Saleh Malla Abbasi called his family and informed them that he was being transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention Government Response

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