II. Communications sent and replies received Date Type A. Communications sent between 1 June and 30 November 2014 and replies received between 1 August 2014 and 31January 2015 10. Communications are presented in chronological order. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and replies received may be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Case No Country TJK 3/2014 02/06/2014 Tajikistan JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Allegations of torture and subsequent death of an inmate at Dushanbe’s penal colony 27/08/2014 No. 1 in Tajikistan; allegations of subsequent acts of reprisal in the form of torture, trial and sentencing of fellow inmates for having cooperated with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. According to the information received, on 20 September 2012, Mr. Sadriddin Toshev and Mr. Sunattulo Rizoev, along with several other prisoners, witnessed the torture and death of fellow inmate Mr. Hamza Ikromzoda. In early November 2012, 53 prisoners including Mr. Toshev and Mr. Rizoev were transferred from Dushanbe’s penal colony No. 1 to Khujant prison No 2/3 in Sogd region. It is reported that upon arrival, Mr. Toshev and Mr. Rizoev, together with other prisoners, were beaten by Khujant prison guards. On 5 November 2012, Mr. Toshev was reportedly again beaten and tortured by officials at the Khujant prison, in an apparent reprisal for his meeting and cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on torture, during his first official visit to Tajikistan in May 2012. It is also reported that Mr. Toshev and Mr. Rizoev were tried in closed court proceedings and sentenced for disrupting the functioning of the penitentiary system and false denunciation. A/HRC/28/85 9