A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 122 Para Country Date Type Mandate 103. 16/08/06 JUA WGAD; FRDX; HRD; IJL; TOR; 104. 30/08/06 JUA WGAD; HRD; TOR; Allegations transmitted Ahmad Batebi, a student activist (subject of an earlier communication, E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.1, para. 833). On 27 July 2006, unknown armed persons conducted a home search, arrested Ahmad Batebi and drove him to an undisclosed location, believed to be Evin Prison in Teheran. He is being denied access to his family and lawyer. Ahmad Batebi was originally detained in 1999 for his participation in a student demonstration following the closure of the Newspaper Salam. He had been convicted on charges of “endangering national security” and condemned to capital punishment by the Islamic Revolutionary Courts. The sentence was later commuted to 15 years imprisonment. Due to his bad health condition and after serving 6 years of his sentence, Ahmad Batebi was granted approved leave by doctors appointed by the judiciary system. Mehdi Babaei Ajabshir (also known as Oxtay), a prominent Azeri activist, from the Azeri-Turkish community, who promotes the Azeri-Turkish cultural identity. On 28 June 2006, at 10.30 pm, approximately 16 police officers from the Ministry of Intelligence (Etelaat) entered his house to arrest him, but he was not present at the time. The police searched the house until 12.30 am before arresting Ali Babaei Ajabshir, Mehdi’s brother. The police confiscated Turkish-language books, CDs, a computer, a poster, and family photograph albums. They threatened members of his family that they would torture or shoot Ali Babaei Ajabshir. That night, Ministry of Government Response