Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SAU 8/2012 25/05/2012 Saudi Arabia JUA Arbitrary detention; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged arbitrary arrest and torture in detention of a human rights lawyer, and false 12/02/2013 charges brought against him. According to the information received, on 17 April 2012, Mr. Ahmed El-Sayed was detained upon arrival at Jeddah Airport and Saudi authorities reportedly informed his wife that he had been tried in absentia and sentenced to one year‘s imprisonment and 20 lashes for insulting the King. Mr. ElSayed is an Egyptian human rights lawyer who represents a number of Egyptian citizens who have allegedly been detained arbitrarily in Saudi Arabia. Allegedly, on 21 April, Mr. El-Sayed confessed to drug trafficking while being tortured in Zahban Prison. On 24 April, the Saudi Embassy in Egypt allegedly issued a statement declaring that Mr. El-Sayed had been arrested for having 21,380 Xanax tablets in his possession, a claim that the Egyptian authorities in Cairo Airport reportedly deny. It is reported that Mr. El-Sayed was on trial at the time the communication was sent, and that the prosecution had requested the imposition of the death penalty. KOR 2/2012 30/05/2012 Republic of JAL Korea Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged acts of harassment, intimidation and ill-treatment of peaceful protesters in 02/01/2013 Gangjeong village. According to the information received, peaceful protests were reported since April 2011 against the construction of a naval base on the coast of Gangjeong village. It is alleged that a number of peaceful protesters were subjected to acts of harassment, intimidation, ill-treatment and detention by the police. Demonstrators were protesting against the construction of the naval base, which is reportedly destroying the seashore. A/HRC/23/51 81