A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 119 Para Country Date Type Mandate 99. 30/05/06 JUA WGAD; TOR; 100. 16/06/06 JUA FRDX; HRD; TOR; VAW; Allegations transmitted Mr Sa’id ‘Awda al-Saki, Iranian Arab refugee aged 35. On 11 May 2006, Sa’id ‘Awda al-Saki was arrested in Damascus, Syria, apparently at the request of the Iranian authorities. Three days later, he was transferred to an undisclosed place in Iran where he is still held incommunicado. In 2000 or 2001 Sa’id ‘Awda al-Saki, who was then an activist with an Arab political group in the city of Ahvaz, fled Iran for Syria after four other activists from the same political group were arrested and executed. Later on, he was recognized as a refugee by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Damascus. He had been accepted for resettlement in Norway, and was scheduled to travel there on 25 May. Hundreds of women and men who participated in a peaceful demonstration, demanding legislative change to ensure equal rights in Tehran. Hundreds of women and men gathered at Haft Tir Square in downtown Tehran on 12 June 2006, and participated in a peaceful demonstration in demand for a better recognition of women's rights and to remove discriminatory clauses against women from Iran's legal code. Prior to the demonstration, the judiciary summoned and interrogated numerous women's rights activists. On 10 June 2006, agents of the judiciary visited prominent activists at their homes to issue summons. Those who were summoned include Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Parvin Ardalan, Sussan Tahmasebi, Zohreh Arzani and Fariba Davoodi Mohajer. Fariba Davoodi Government Response By letter dated 15/08/06, the Government reported that, with regard to the illegal demonstration in Tehran, all detainees except one have been released. The one who remains in custody is Mr Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoeiniha, who has been charged with disturbing public order and investigation against the state. He enjoys the legal services of three prominent counsels namely Ms Shirin Ebadi, Mr Abdolfattah Soltani and Mr Mohammad Sharif. Investigations about the case are under way and should he be sentenced in the court, he has to serve a term of imprisonment.