A/HRC/4/33/Add.1
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Para
98.
Country
Date
22/05/06
Type
JUA
Mandate
WGAD;
FRDX; IJL;
Racism;
RINT;
TOR;
Allegations transmitted
facility in the city of Tabriz. Since that date he has
been held in incommunicado detention.
52 members of the Nematollahi Sufi Muslim
community and their two lawyers Farshad
Yadollahi and Omid Behroozi. They are
amongst 173 members of the Nematollah Sufi
Muslim community(subject of a communication
dated 1 March 2006, see above), who were
arrested on 13 February 2006, due to their
participation in a peaceful protest against an order
by the security forces to evacuate the
community's place of worship, known as
Hosseiniye. On 3 May 2006, 52 members of the
Nematollahi Sufi Muslim community and their two
lawyers Farshad Yadollahi and Omid Behroozi
were convicted on charges of "disobeying the
orders of government officials" and "disturbing
public order". For the former charge, 25
individuals were reportedly fined 10 million Iranian
Rials (equivalent to more than US$1,000) and the
rest were fined 5 million Iranian Rials. For the
latter charge, they were sentenced to one-year
imprisonment and 74 lashes. After their release,
they are obliged to report to the security officials
every month for the period of 2 years. Farshad
Yadollahi and Omid Behroozi were disqualified
from their profession for five years. All of them
were released on bail, and were given 20 days to
appeal the judgment.
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