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
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents