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Country
Date
Type
Mandate
106.
04/09/07
JUA
WGAD;
HRD; TOR
107.
04/09/07
JUA
SUMX;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
Boroujerdi is currently detained in Evin Prison,
where, on top of the severe conditions of
detention, he has been beaten and had cold water
spilled on him while he was sleeping. Although he
suffers from Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, high
blood pressure and heart problems, Mr.
Boroujerdi was denied permission to seek
treatment at the prison’s medical facility until he
started a hunger strike on 22 July 2007.
Amir Abbas Banayi Kazimi. On 14 May 2007, he
was arrested at his home in Tabriz and was taken
to a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre. He
was transferred around 1 August to Tabriz’s
Central Prison. He was again transferred to a
Ministry of Intelligence detention centre
somewhere in Tabriz, where he is now detained.
He has not been formally charged with any
offence. Mr. Banayi Kazimi was beaten in the
course of his arrest and was subjected to other
forms of ill-treatment during his detention. This
has resulted in his teeth being broken, hair being
pulled from his scalp and blueish bruise marks all
over his face and body. He has also initiated a
hunger strike.
Behnam Zare, who is at imminent risk of
execution having been sentenced to death for a
murder committed when he was 15 years of age.
Behnam was convicted of murder by the Fars
criminal court. A subsequent appeal was
apparently lodged with branch 33 of the Supreme
Court but rejected. Behnam was not aware that he
had been sentenced to death until a recent visit by
his lawyer. It was reported that the victim’s family
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