Date Type Case No Country KWT 2/2015 17/04/2015 Kuwait JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 28/04/2015 Alleged arbitrary arrest, temporary detention and charges brought against a human 18/05/2015 rights defender in an alleged act of reprisal for his cooperation with the United 05/06/2015 Nations in the field of human rights. According to the information received, on 20 March 2015, Mr. Nawaf al-Hendal, the Director of Kuwait Watch Organisation for Human Rights, delivered an oral statement to the 28th Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding the human rights situation in Kuwait. After his return to Kuwait, on 23 March 2015, Mr. Al-Hendal organized an observer team to monitor a protest outside the National Assembly in Al-Erada square in Kuwait City, which called for reform of the judiciary and the release of detained activists. At approximately 8.45 p.m., the Kuwaiti Special Police Force blocked the road towards the National Assembly and physically dispersed and beat the protestors. Mr. Al-Hendal was beaten and subsequently arrested and detained. On 25 March 2015, Mr. Al-Hendal was released from detention. He is currently awaiting trial on charges of “participating in an illegal demonstration”. A travel ban has been imposed on him. USA 8/2015 Independence of 17/04/2015 United States of judges and JAL America lawyers; Terrorism; Reply Alleged denial of the right to know the truth to the relatives of the victims killed in the 17/08/2015 terrorist attacks on the island of Bali on 12 October 2002. According to the information received, the prolonged detention in Guantanamo Bay of an Indonesian national who is believed to be the operations chief of the South East Asian Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah, reportedly involved in the planning of the so-called Bali bombings, results in the impossibility to obtain justice for Ms. Susanna Miller, Mr. Matthew Arnold, and Mrs. Maggie Stephens, who all lost a close family member in the bombings. A copy of this communication was addressed to the Government of Indonesia for information. A/HRC/30/27 31