A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 137 Para 112. Country Date 13/06/07 Type JUA Mandate WGAD; IJL; TOR Allegations transmitted with bullets. G.S. and then L.T.S. were shot dead. Several influential members of her family directly took part in the planning and the execution of the murders. The bodies of the three teenagers were buried in an undisclosed location and have yet to be found. As of 1 February 2007, not a single person had been formally investigated, indicted or arrested in connection with the crimes. Many family members of E.K. and G.S. have repeatedly fled the Ain Sefni area and are afraid to return for fear of further retribution. Muhammed Khalid Shelal, 34-year-old brother of a staff member of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). He was the subject matter of a letter sent by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, to the Iraqi Minister for Human Rights, H.E. Ms. Mika’il Wijdan, on 29 April 2007, which has remained unanswered to date. Mr. Shelal was arrested by Iraqi authorities 6 March 2007 at 4 a.m. without an arrest warrant produced and is currently held at Al-Harthia detention centre, where he has been ill-treated. Mr. Shelal received one visit by members of a Ministry of Justice’s observatory committee, who took pictures of him, and submitted information on his case to the Ministry for Human Rights. On 17 April 2007, the Ministry for Human Rights’ prison monitoring team conducted its own visit to AlHarthia. Mr. Shelal has been denied access to legal counsel or his family. Government response

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