Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply JOR 1/2014 07/07/2014 Jordan JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Terrorism; Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of a Palestinian activist. According to the information received, on 5 May 2014, late in the evening, Mr. Amer Jamil Jubran, a Palestinian activist and co-founder of the New England Committee to Defend Palestine, was arrested at his house by at least 20 agents of the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID). The GID agents took him to an unknown location and held him incommunicado for almost two months, until 27 June 2014. Mr. Jubran is currently detained in the GID Headquarters located in Amman without charges and has not been brought before a judge. He has had no access to a lawyer. It is feared that Mr. Jubran may have been arrested due to his political activities critical of Israel and the United States of America, and may be prosecuted for terrorism under the recently amended anti-terrorism law of 2006 (No. 55) and face a severe sentence if convicted. LKA 7/2014 07/07/2014 Sri Lanka JAL 18/08/2014 Torture; Violence Alleged beating and continued harassment of a woman of Tamil origin after she 26/11/2014 against women; reported that two military officers raped her in June 2010. According to the information received, investigations and court proceedings have continued for the past four years, and Ms. X has been relocated with the support of a women’s organization. It is reported that a man who moved into Ms. X new area of residence repeatedly harassed her and her family, and on 22 March 2014, severely beat her. Ms. X. allegedly complained to the police many times, but they have not investigated further. It is also reported that Ms. X was falsely accused of, and arrested by the police for selling alcohol without a licence two days before the Jaffna Court was scheduled to take up her rape case. Subsequently, during the court proceedings, the lawyer representing the military officers cross examined Ms. X on the events to try to prove that her testimony was inconsistent. Ms. X was the subject of a previous communication sent on 14 December 2011, see A/HRC/20/30, case No. LKA 10/2011. A/HRC/28/85 27

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