Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted KWT 1/2014 05/02/2014 Kuwait JUA Arbitrary detention; Discrimination against women in law and in practic; Violence against women; Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of a Kuwaiti national on the basis of her gender identity. According to the information received, Ms. X was arrested by the police in the Hawalli neighbourhood on 21 January 2014 and taken to the Salmiya main branch of the Department of Criminal Investigation. On 23 January 2014, she was reportedly transferred to the Kuwait Central Prison and remained in detention at the time of writing. She was reportedly charged with “imitation of the opposite sex”, which is a criminal offence under Amendment 198 of the Kuwaiti Penal Code. According to reports, Ms. X had no prior criminal record and there was no indication that she was suspected of committing any criminal offence at the time of the arrest. She was arrested only on the basis of her gender identity and expression. BLZ 1/2014 06/02/2014 Belize AL Summary executions; Alleged killing of an 18 year old cross-dresser. According to the information received, on 12 January 2014, at around 1.50 a.m., Mr. X, aged 18, was reportedly found dead in Belize City, Belize. Reportedly, Mr. X was walking alone on Elston Kerr Street when two unidentified individuals allegedly tried to rob him and stabbed him in the chest. Neither his cell phone nor his money was stolen and it is believed that his killing could be motivated by the fact that he dressed as a woman. It is further reported that Mr. X received numerous death threats by SMS prior to his murder. Concern is expressed about the motivation for the murder of Mr. X and about the wider atmosphere of discrimination and acts of violence against gays, lesbians and transgendered people that have been reported in Belize. Reply A/HRC/26/21 54 Date Type