Abdolfattah Soltani

Cases

Relevant SG report

From Country

Country Geolocation

Latitude: 32.427908

Longitude: 53.688046

From Region

UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report

Individual's/organization's activity: all human rights defenders, detained in Evin prison

Type of rights defended

Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?: No

Reported trigger of reprisal: owing to the engagement of some of them with the United Nations human rights mechanisms (A/HRC/28/85, case IRN 9/2014).

Engagement with UN body

Type of attempted engagement

Reprisal information: during an inspection of detainees’ personal effects in ward 350 of Evin prison, the six men, together with other detainees, were reportedly severely beaten by prison guards and security agents and transferred to solitary confinement for a period ranging from several days to two months

Types of reprisals suffered

Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?: No

Government response content: On 22 April 2014, the Speaker of the National Security Committee of Parliament reportedly justified the raid by attributing it in part to “a series of fabricated and unfounded reports” that had been passed on from inside Evin prison to “defiant elements such as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran” (ibid.). At the time of finalization of the present report, no response had been received from the Government.

Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?: No

Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?: No

Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?: No