Iranian Refugees in UAE forcibly returned to Iran

          
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          UA 249/84 Rouleine.ivt 18 October 1984
          UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Mansour Hassan Nohamed, Iranian refugee
          Hassan Ahmad Abdullah, ITanian refugee
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          On 11 October 1984 two Iranian refugees were arrested in Dubai
          in the United Arab Emirates. According to reports, they appeared before
          a court on 13 October 1984 which ruled that they should be returned to
          Iran. They are reported to have been forcibly returned to Iran
          on 15 October 1984.
          Mansour Rassan Mohamed and Hassan Ahmad Abdullah are reported
          to be members of the opposition group called the People's Fedaiyin
          Organization (Horinozgan Branch) in Iran. Members of this group
          have been subjected to imprisonment, torture and execution in Iran.
          The present situation of Mansour Hassan Mohamed and Hassan
          Ahmad Abdullah is not known, but it is feared that they may face
          imprisonment, torture and execution.
          Among the thousands of political prisoners held in Iran
          many have been involved in violent opposition to the government,
          but Amnesty International believes that many others are prisoners
          of conscience, imprisoned solely because of their non—violent
          political or religious activities, or in some cases because they
          were associated with people actively opposed to the government.
          Arrest, detention and legal procedures are arbitrary. Executions frequently
          take place after summary or arbitrary legal proceedings or, in
          some instances, after none. By the end of 1983 Amnesty International
          had recorded 5,447 executions in Iran since the revolution of
          February 1979, of which some 400 took place in 1983. The total
          number of executions was certainly much higher, with hundreds of
          executions reportedly taking place unannounced. Those executed
          include members of the Baha'i faith, Kurds and members of political
          groups opposed o the government. Amnesty International continues
          to receive serious and consistent allegations of torture and ill—
          treatment of prisoners in Iran. Many former political prisoners
          living outside Iran have been interviewed by Amnesty International;
          in every case they reported the widespread use of torture in prisons
          throughout the country. The most frequently reported forms of
          torture were whipping with woven leather whips, elctric cables,
          hosepipes and flexible wooden strips bound with wire. Physical torture
          is frequently accompanied by or alternated with forms of psychological
          torture such as threats of execution or mock execution.
          Amnesty International is concerned that the United Arab
          Emirates should take measures to ensure that no Iranian refugee
          is forcibly returned to Iran where there is a danger of imprisonment
          for their conscientiously held beliefs, torture or execution.
          The United Arab Emirates has not signed or ratified the United
          Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951).
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