A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 evidence obtained through torture and ill-treatment, and leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of the torture, and provide full redress to the victims. (b) JUA 25/01/2013 Case No. IRN 5/2013 State reply: None to date Alleged imminent execution and alleged torture of five representatives of the Ahwazi Arab minority for charges of terrorism. 61. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to alleged imminent execution of five members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran – Messrs. Mohammad Ali Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, Hashem Sha’bani Amouri, and Hadi Rashidi (or Rashedi). Reportedly the five men were convicted of “enmity against God and corruption on earth”, “gathering and colluding against State security” and “spreading propaganda against the system” and were sentenced to death on 9 January 2012. The men were allegedly denied access to a lawyer and their families for the first nine months of their detention and they have subsequently been transferred to an unknown location in an undisclosed detention facility. It is furthermore alleged that all five men have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated in detention. Mr. Mohammad Ali Amouri was reportedly tortured during his first seven months of detention. Mr. Hadi Rashidi was hospitalized after his arrest, allegedly as a result of torture or other ill-treatment, and is said to be in poor health. Sayed Jaber Alboshoka’s jaw and teeth were allegedly broken during his detention and Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka has allegedly experienced depression and memory loss as a result of torture or other ill-treatment. It is further alleged that boiling water was poured on Mr. Hashem Sha‟bani Amouri. In this context, the Special Rapporteur reiterates paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 which “Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The Special Rapporteur reminds the Islamic Republic of Iran of paragraph 6b of Human Rights Council Resolution 8/8, which urges States “To take persistent, determined and effective measures to have all allegations of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment promptly and impartially examined by the competent national authority, to hold those who encourage, order, tolerate or perpetrate acts of torture responsible, to have them brought to justice and severely punished, including the officials in charge of the place of detention where the prohibited act is found to have been committed, and to take note in this respect of the Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Principles) as a useful tool in efforts to combat torture;”. In addition, the Special Rapporteur reiterates that paragraph 6c of Human Rights Council resolution 8/8 of 2008 urges States “to ensure that no statement established to have been made as a result of torture is invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person accused of torture as evidence that the statement was made”. The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to undertake a prompt and independent investigation into the alleged imminent execution and alleged torture of five representatives of the Ahwazi Arab minority, leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of the torture, and provide full redress to the victims. (c) JUA 28/01/2013 Case No. IRN 4/2013 State reply: None to date Alleged detention and attacks against Saeed Abedinigalangashi, a converted Christian pastor on allegations of committing actions against the national security of Iran. 43