A/HRC/51/47 including in an open letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and others.128 He was arrested on 20 January 2020 with other members of his family, repeatedly threatened to prevent him from speaking publicly of his son’s death,129 charged with national security crimes, and released on bail. 95. According to information received by OHCHR, Mr. Bakhritiyari was arrested again on 29 April 2021. During the arrest in their home, Mr. Bakhritiyari and his wife, Ms. Sara Abbasi, were reportedly severely beaten by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence, who allegedly broke Mr. Bakhritiyari’s fingers, slammed? Ms. Abbassi’s face and head against the wooden headboard of the bed and pushed their new-born baby to the floor. Reportedly, Mr. Bakhtiyari sustained serious injuries during the course of the arrest and was allegedly subjected to torture during his interrogation and detained incommunicado for 77 days. The authorities rejected three different lawyers he had chosen, with only the fourth lawyer chosen by the family allowed to represent him. Mr. Bakhtiyari was convicted of national security charges and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and one-year exile outside the city of Tehran. 130 Ms. Abbasi and her child were evicted from their house, reportedly following pressure on the landowner by the authorities. In his 2022 report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran addressed the case of Mr. Manouchehr Bakhtiari as an illustrative example of what appears to be a State policy of intimidating, prosecuting or silencing those who call for accountability, justice and truth, whether they are victims themselves, relatives, human rights defenders, lawyers or organizations”.131 96. The case of Messrs. Vahid and Habib Afkari was included in the 2021 report of the Secretary General. 132 Messrs. Vahid and Habib Afkari were detained following their participation in protests, and placed in solitary confinement on 5 September 2020, 133 reportedly in retaliation for their family’s request for United Nations action on behalf of their brother, Mr. Navid Afkari, and to prevent them from sharing information about the circumstances of his execution, which followed a few days after the submission of the request, on 12 September 2020.134 The situation of their brother, Mr. Navid Afkari, who was accused of murder and allegedly tortured to confess, following his participation in protests in 2018,135 was raised by OHCHR and multiple special procedures mandate holders.”136 97. On 25 June 2021, special procedures mandate holders addressed concerns about allegations of continued solitary confinement of Messrs. Vahid and Habib Afkari and about violations of due process and fair trial in connection with their sentencing, including the use of forced confessions as evidence and lack of investigation into torture allegations (IRN 18/2021). Reportedly, Mr. Habib Afkari was released on 5 March 2022 after having spent some 550 days in solitary confinement and a total of 3 years and 3 months in prison. His brother Mr. Vahid Afkari remains detained in Adelabad prison in Shiraz. 15. Israel 98. The case of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a human rights organization that provides legal aid to Palestinian prisoners was included in the 2021 report of the Secretary-General137 concerning the release of a public report by the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs. The report made reference to Addameer’s cooperation with 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 See also A/HRC/46/50, para. 18, and A/75/213, para. 15. A/75/213, para. 15. A/HRC/49/75, para. 64. A/HRC/49/75, para. 64. A/HRC/48/28, Annex I, paras. 54. A/HRC/47/22, para. 24. A/HRC/47/22, paras. 7 and 22. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26231; https://twitter.com/UNHumanRights/status/1306214381949157376. https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072302; see also https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26420&LangID=E and A/HRC/46/50, para. 6 and IRN 22/2020. A/HRC/48/28, paras. 79, Annex I, 57–58. 57