Date Type Case No Country RUS 14/2013 20/12/2013 Russian JAL Federation Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Environment; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Toxic waste; Alleged arbitrary detention of 30 environmental activists after their participation in a 20/01/2014 peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic Circle. According to the information received, on 18 September 2013, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was present in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the arctic, to protest against the activities of the Prirazlomnaya oil platform. It is reported that Ms. Sini Saarela and Mr. Marco Paolo Weber attempted to climb the structure of the platform with the aim of unfurling a banner below the main deck. It is further reported that masked coast guards approached and collided with the Greenpeace inflatable boats and that 30 activists were subsequently arrested. On 26 and 29 September 2013, a court in Murmansk remanded the 30 activists in custody for two months on charges of piracy. These charges were reportedly later changed to “hooliganism”, which can carry a sentence of up 7 years imprisonment. There are allegations of ill-treatment while in detention and breach of due process. All 30 activists have been released on bail and, according to the latest information received, the Amnesty Law adopted on 18 December 2013 by the Duma will apply to them. USA 21/2013 Summary 20/12/2013 United States of executions; JAL America Terrorism; Torture; Reply Alleged unlawful killings and injuries following an air strike, involving use of armed drones. According to the information received, an airstrike was conducted on 12 December 2013, in the Al-Baida Governorate of Yemen, leaving at least 12 individuals dead and 10 injured. The majority of the individuals killed were reportedly civilians. The air strike allegedly involved the use of an armed drone belonging to the United States of America. The persons reported killed are Messrs’ Hussein Mohammed Saleh Al-Ameri; Mohammed Ali Muss’ed Al-Ameri; Muss’ed Dhaifullah Hussein Al-Ameri; Saif Abdullah Mabkhoot Al-Ameri; Saleh Abdullah Mabkhoot AlAmeri; Saleh Muss’ed Abdullah Al-Ameri; Shaif Abdullah Mabkhoot Al-Ameri; Zeidan Mohammed Al-Ameri; Ali Abdullah Mohammed Al-Tays; Aref Ahmed Mohammed Al-Tayssi; Hussein Mohammed Al-Tameel Al-Tayssi; Matlaq Hamood Mohammed Al-Tayssi. Three other airstrikes reportedly occurred in the last months in Ta’izz and Rada, resulting in killings and injuries. Reportedly, no investigation has yet been carried out on any of the incidents. A communication with the same contents has been addressed to the Government of the Republic of Yemen, see YEM 5/2013 below. A/HRC/26/21 27