Omid Behrouzi

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2015-022-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2015
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: Country
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
11 June 2014
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

all human rights defenders, detained in Evin prison

Type of rights defended
  • Unclear in SG Report
Was the victim a civil servant or 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
  • Unclear
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Unclear
Dates of mentioned reprisals
17 April 2014
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
  • Deterioration in detention conditions
  • 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
Government response dates
22 April 2014
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
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0