Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2010-027-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2010
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 32.427908
Longitude: 53.688046
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Iran
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 3 June 2009
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
an advocate for democratic elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
wrote an open letter dated 29 April 2009 to the United Nations Secretary-General requesting that international experts hold a meeting on the Islamic Republic of Iran, in an effort to assist the Iranian people to hold an open referendum.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Secretary-General / ASG
- Dates of engagement
- 29 April 2009
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 5 May 2009
- Reprisal information
On 5 May 2009 he was reportedly subjected to beatings.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- 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
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2011
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
With regard to the case of Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi mentioned in my previous report ,22 he was the subject of another communication sent on 5 May 2010 by several special rapporteurs.23 The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran indicated by a letter dated 7 October 2010,24 that Mr. Boroujerdi had been arrested on charges of establishing a sect with extremist persuasions, and acting and organizing efforts to destroy public property, setting fire to a number of motorcycles and buses and concealing two firearms. According to the Government, “he was sentenced to 10 years in prison after completion of judicial proceedings. No person is prosecuted in the Islamic Republic of Iran solely for his/her belief” or differences in ways of thinking. This case was further mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.25 At the time of writing of that report, the Iranian authorities stated that Ayatollah Boroujerdi was in good health, had access to medical services, enjoyed family visitation rights and had access to print and other forms of media
- Followup Trends 0
- No substantive information provided by SG report
- Did the government respond? 0
- Yes
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- Secretary-General