E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 46 Urgent appeal sent on 11 May 2005 with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 184. The Special Rapporteurs had been informed that, on 2 May 2005, Mr. Abu'lQasem Shushtari was arrested in connection with a gathering of Bahá’ís who were celebrating the First Day of Ridvan (a holy day). After an argument with officials, he was taken to the Prosecutor's Office, where an order was issued for his arrest. At the time of the communication, he was held in Evin prison without charge. Response from the Government dated 1 July 2005 185. The Government indicated that Mr. Abu'l-Qasem Shushtari, who was charged with activities against the state and disturbing public order, had been released on bail for further consideration. Urgent appeal sent on 13 May 2005 with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 186. The Special Rapporteurs brought the following situation to the attention of the Government: 187. On 16 April 2005, Ms. Minu Sasani, a Bahá’í, was arrested without charge in Tehran and taken to an unknown location. Her home was searched, her papers, confiscated. Her whereabouts were still unknown. 188. On 25 April 2005 five Bahá'ís were arrested: Mr. Ardeshir Rasteh, Mr. Shirzad Bahineh, Mr. Imam-Quli Rasteh-nejad, Mr. Allahreza Khastar and Mr. Husnu'llah Davaran. In November 2004, these persons had filed complaints to protest against the confiscation of homes and land of their families in the village of Kata (province of Buyir-Ahmad and Charmahal-Bakhtiyari). They were summoned to appear for a hearing before the court of the Sisakht region on 25 April 2005. When they presented themselves at the court house, they were arrested upon a decision from the judge ordering their detention for an undetermined period of time. They were held incommunicado. 189. On 3 May 2005 Mr. Najaf-Quli Bahamin, Mr. Alijan Dastpish, Mr. Ali Rasteh, and Mr. Valiu'llah Parandush, Baha'is living in the province of BuyirAhmad and Charmahal-Bakhtiyar as well, were similarly arrested by order of a court. They had been summoned to a court hearing at which the judge asked them whether they would relinquish real estate in their possession to the authorities. When they refused to do so, they were arrested upon a decision from the judge ordering their detention for an undetermined period of time. They were held in a prison in the city of Yasuj. Urgent appeal sent on 18 August 2005 with the Working group on arbitrary detention and the Special Rapporteur on torture 190. The Special Rapporteur had received the following information concerning the arrest of 14 Bahá'ís in the first week of August 2005: