Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Secretary-General
According to the recent Report of
the UN Secretary-General after Sixty-ninth session of General Assembly,
concerning the Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, there
was not any progress in Iran under President Rouhani despite his first promises
for more improvement of Human Rights and freedom.
The Secretary-General remains deeply
troubled by reports of increasing numbers of executions, including of political
prisoners, and reiterates his call on the Government to introduce a moratorium
on the use of the death penalty, and to prohibit executions of juvenile
offenders in all circumstances.
On 10 April 2014, a group of special procedures
mandate holders publicly expressed alarm at the denial of medical care to
blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari and religious cleric Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni
Boroujerdi. Mr.Pourshajari was arrested in September 2010 and is currently
serving a four-year term of incarceration in Ghezal Hesar prison, in Karaj, for
propaganda against the State, insulting the Supreme Leader and defamation of
Islam. Mr. Boroujerdi was arrested on 8 October 2006 and is serving an 11-year
prison sentence. The situation of the two men has allegedly been exacerbated by
physical abuse, poor prison conditions, prolonged solitary confinement and
other forms of torture and ill treatment. They were denied access to specialist
medical treatment outside the prison, despite the fact that prison physicians
had recommended such urgent care. Special procedures have issued urgent appeals
on these cases, reminding the Government of its obligations under international
standards to respect the prisoners’ right to health and to ensure humane treatment,
which requires the transfer
of sick prisoners who need specialist medical care to specialized institutions
or civilian hospitals.
The
Secretary-General is concerned about the deteriorating health of a leader of
the Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and the reported denial of access to
adequate medical care, despite the serious health complications that he
suffers, including high blood pressure and a worsening heart condition. Mr.
Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since February 2011, has reportedly
developed these health complications during his prolonged house arrest and is
in need of specialist medical care. His health is reported to have further
deteriorated since March 2014. Moreover, he has reportedly been denied regular contact with his relatives.
Special procedures have repeatedly called for the immediate release of Mr.
Mousavi and another leader of the Green Movement, Mehdi Karoubi, declaring
their detention to be arbitrary and in violation of the international
obligations and national laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The
Secretary-General calls upon the Government to immediately release the two
Green Movement leaders and other political prisoners, including Mr. Pourshajari
and Mr. Boroujerdi, and
to facilitate their urgent and adequate access to medical care
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