A/HRC/4/33/Add.1
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Para
101.
Country
Date
22/06/06
Type
JUA
Mandate
WGAD;
HRD;
TOR;
Allegations transmitted
Mohajer was interrogated by judiciary agents of
the Revolutionary Court in Tehran for 10 hours. In
the morning of 12 June, security forces arrested
another human rights activist, Shahla Entessari,
at her work. On 12 June, before the
demonstration started, the security forces started
to beat the participants with batons, sprayed with
tear gas and color spray, and took them into
custody. A spokesperson for the judiciary
confirmed that security forces arrested 70 people,
including 42 women, to prevent the demonstration
from taking place. Those who were arrested at the
demonstration site include: Ali Akbar Mousavi
Khoiniha, former member of the parliament and
human rights activist; Jila Baniyaghoub,
Delaram Ali, Samira Sadri, Bahareh Hedayat,
Leila Mohseni, Bahman Ahmadi Amooi,
Siamak Taheri and Farahnaz Sharifi. They were
charged with participation in an illegal assembly.
Mr Abbas Lisani (Leysanli) of Ardabil, an
activist for the rights of Iranian Azeri Turks. Mr
Lisani was arrested on 3 June 2006 by
plainclothes agents of the intelligence service
(Etelaat) and has been in detention without
charge since then. The approximately 30 agents
that arrested Mr Lisani entered the house by
shooting the lock off the door and then proceeded
to beat him in front of his wife and two sons. They
did not show an arrest warrant or other document
justifying the arrest, nor did they inform him of the
charges against him. Mr Lisani’s lawyer, Mr
Saleh Kamrani, (subject of a communication
dated 20 June 2006, see above) was arrested on
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