Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MMR 15/2013 10/10/2013 Myanmar JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Minority issues; Myanmar; Torture; Allegations of arrest and incommunicado detention, inhumane and degrading treatment, 18/12/2013 torture, denial of access to medical treatment and lack of a fair trial in line with international standards. According to the information received, Mr Brang Yung, a national of Myanmar and ethnic Kachan, living in an internal displacement camp was arrested on 12 June 2012. It is reported that Mr Yung was initially taken to a monastery in Tar Law Gyi village and subsequently sent to Myitkyina prison on 2 July 2012, where he remained at the time of writing. He was allegedly accused of being associated with the Kachin independence Army and tried in court under article 17 of the Unlawful Associations Act 1908. It is further alleged that following his arrest, Mr Yung was held incommunicado, subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment and torture, denied medical treatment, denied access to a lawyer and his family and did not receive a fair trial. IRQ 5/2013 11/10/2013 Iraq JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; 03/02/2014 Alleged risk of imminent execution after torture and proceedings that did not comply with international standards of fair trial. According to the information received, Mr Ahmad Nuri Badawi ‘Abbas was detained in 2009 and convicted under the Iraqi AntiTerrorism Law for killing security officers in Baghdad. Reportedly, he was sentenced to death in 2010. The Court of Cassation upheld this verdict in 2011. It is reported that at the time of writing Mr Ahmad Nuri Badawi ‘Abbas was being held on death row in Baghdad. The proceedings against Mr Ahmad Nuri Badawi ‘Abbas were allegedly conducted in violation of international human rights law standards regarding fair trial and due process. Mr Ahmad Nuri Badawi ‘Abbas is further alleged to have been held in incommunicado detention, subjected to torture and forced to confess. Apparently, at least 42 individuals, including one woman, were executed in Iraq on 9 and 10 October 2013 on terrorism-related charges. LAO 1/2013 11/10/2013 République JAL Démocratique Populaire Lao Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 06/12/2013 Alleged violation of the right to freedom of association. According to the information received, the draft Guidelines for the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decree on International Non-Governmental Organisations, contains several provisions that, if adopted without further changes, may seriously compromise the enjoyment of the right to freedom of association in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A/HRC/26/21 87