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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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t seeks the release of men and women detained anywhere ecause or nerr ceiie s, coI ur, sex, ethnic origin, anguogeor
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