Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHR 8/2014 08/07/2014 Bahrain JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations of arbitrary detention and torture of a Bahraini national and imposition of 29/08/2014 the death sentence based on a confession reportedly obtained by means of torture. According to the information received, on 19 February 2013, Mr. Maher al-Khabbaz, a Bahraini national born in 1985, was arrested by security officers at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Manama without a warrant. He was held incommunicado at the Roundabout 17 police station in Hamad Town for approximately one week, during which he was tortured and forced to sign a false confession admitting to the killing of a police officer. Mr. al-Khabbaz was held incommunicado in Dry Dock detention centre for another couple of weeks and allowed to contact his family only approximately one month after his arrest. On 19 February 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to death by the court based on his confession as well as on the alleged forced confessions of others, and other secret evidence. Mr. al-Khabbaz is currently detained in Jaw prison, awaiting the review of this case in appeal. OTH 9/2014 08/07/2014 Other JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Summary executions; Allégations de disparitions forcées en République centrafricaine. Selon les informations reçues, 11 personnes de République centrafricaine auraient été arrêtées en République Centrafricaine par des troupes de maintien de la paix de l’Union Africaine, qui appartiendraient à un contingent fourni par la République du Congo agissant dans le cadre de la Mission Internationale de soutien à la Centrafrique (MISCA). Selon les informations reçues, les troupes chargées du maintien de la paix auraient arrêté 11 personnes après que des membres de la milice anti-balaka auraient tué un soldat congolais de la MISCA et blessé quatre autres. Il est également allégué que certains des individus détenus auraient été tués. Depuis leurs arrestations, il n’y aurait plus aucune nouvelle concernant ces individus, bien que des personnes associées aux victimes aient demandé des renseignements sur leur sort à la base de la MISCA et dans les postes de police de la région. A/HRC/28/85 29