A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 133 Para 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 Government response

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