Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SYR 2/2014 22/01/2014 Syrian Arab JUA Republic Arbitrary detention; Cultural Rights; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 31/03/2014 Alleged arrest and detention of a political cartoonist. According to the information received, Mr. Akram Raslan, a cartoonist working for Al-Fida newspaper, was arrested without an arrest warrant on 2 October 2012 by the Syrian Military Intelligence in the city of Hama. The arrest reportedly occurred after he posted political cartoons critical of President Bashar Al-Assad on Facebook. On 26 July 2013, Mr. Raslan was reportedly put on secret trial and sentenced to life imprisonment on account of, inter alia, insulting the country’s president. While Mr. Raslan had reportedly been held incommunicado since his arrest, there were conflicting reports about Mr. Raslan’s fate and whereabouts, including that he may have been executed. ARE 2/2014 22/01/2014 United Arab JAL Emirates Discrimination against women in law and in practic; Violence against women; 13/03/2014 Alleged detention, ill treatment and conviction of a woman, victim of rape who reported the crime to the police. According to information received, in the evening of 5 March and the early hours of 6 March 2013, Ms. X, a Norwegian national, was raped by a colleague at the hotel where she was staying, while on a business trip to Dubai. After reporting the rape to the police, Ms. X was placed in detention for four days, during which time she was allegedly held in an overcrowded communal cell with poor ventilation and sanitation facilities; not offered the opportunity of contacting either the Norwegian consulate, nor a lawyer or her family; forced to endure threats and intimidation by police officers; and made to sign documents she did not understand. On 16 July 2013, a Misdemeanour Court convicted and sentenced her to a total of 16 months in prison for, among others, “engaging in consensual sexual relations outside of marriage” and “illegal consumption of alcohol”. A/HRC/26/21 46 Date Type