A/HRC/60/62 53. On 7 October 2024, special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of harassment and intimidation of indigenous West Papuan human rights defender Ms. Lamberti Faan following her participation in the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Mandate holders expressed grave concern at the alleged intimidation and harassment by security forces against Ms. Faan in reprisal for her engagement with United Nations human rights mechanisms, to the extent that she had been forced to relocate for her safety (IDN 5/2024). 54. On 21 June 2024, Ms. Faan gave a statement at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council about the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Maybrat Regency of West Papua, and the following day she returned to Jakarta. A video of her statement was shared on social media, and authorities in Maybrat reportedly started approaching IDPs in the area and asking for Ms. Faan and her relatives. Between 25 June and 15 July 2024, Ms. Faan’s siblings were allegedly approached on different occasions by the Maybrat Police Chief, Maybrat Military Chief and an individual suspected to be an intelligence officer, seeking information about Ms. Faan, her whereabouts, her family and religion, occupation and residence, among others. On 15 July 2024, a close relative of Ms. Faan was reportedly approached by two men who showed him a video of her statement at the Human Rights Council and asked questions about her. The following day, drones were reportedly spotted flying over Ms. Faan’s house in Sorong, Papua Barat Daya Province, where she had returned on 1 July. Because of these reported incidents, Ms. Faan relocated to a different town for safety purposes (IDN 5/2024). 55. On 18 December 2024, the Government responded21 to the mandate holders noting that the Police had not received information nor reports regarding allegations of intimidation against Ms. Faan by security forces. The reply added that claims of repeated telephone calls, surveillance using drones and visits by unidentified individuals were clarified with the Police, who confirmed that no such incidents had occurred. 56. In a separate incident, and according to information received by OHCHR, a woman human rights defender was under surveillance and interrogated in connection to her advocacy with the United Nations during the reporting period. Names and additional details are withheld due to fear of further reprisals. 10. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 57. According to information received by OHCHR, in August 2024, Mr. Mohammad Seifzadeh was summoned to Evin Prison in Tehran to begin serving a one-year prison sentence following his conviction, for co-signing a joint letter with 45 Iranian activists, urging the United Nations Secretary-General to condemn executions in Iran. The letter was published on 10 December 2022 amidst nation-wide protests in Iran. Mr. Seifazadeh presented himself at prion, was detained, and then released shortly thereafter, reportedly on bail. 58. Mohammad Seifzadeh, is a 75 year-old Iranian human rights lawyer and co-founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, an Iranian human rights organization established in 2002 at the initiative of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi. 59. Mr. Seifzadeh was reportedly sentenced to one year of imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “publishing falsehoods” by Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court in May 2023, for co-signing the joint letter. In July 2023, Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeal upheld the sentence. Reportedly, Mr. Seifzadeh refused to attend both the trial and the appeal hearing in protest, asserting that he did not recognize the legitimacy of revolutionary courts in Iran. 60. According to information received by OHCHR, over the years, Mr. Seifzadeh has faced repeated harassment, arrests, and detention for his human rights work and activism. In 2010, he was convicted on national security charges, sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment and prohibited from practicing law for 10 years. These charges were allegedly linked to his 21 26 See Government reply at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=38816.