Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply JOR 2/2012 17/10/2012 Jordan JUA Disappearances; Torture; Alleged forcible return to Jordan and imminent threat of torture. According to the 18/01/2013 information received, Mr. Ashraf Mohammad Yousef Abdulsalam was arrested and tortured at the GID headquarters in Amman, Jordan in 2010. He later joined his family and took residence in Bahrain. On 25 September 2012, he was arrested in Bahrain and allegedly forcibly returned to Jordan without further information being provided to his family on his fate or whereabouts in spite of requests thereof. ARM 1/2012 18/10/2012 Armenia JAL Freedom of religion; Minority issues; 24/12/2012 Alleged continued prosecution, conviction and imprisonment of Jehovah‘s Witnesses for their conscientious objection to military service in Armenia. According to the information received, there are more than 40 conscientious objectors in Armenian prisons. Further 29 conscientious objectors have been reportedly convicted and/or prosecuted since July 2011. In February 2012, appeals were filed on behalf of 52 conscientious objectors requesting their immediate release and the clearance of their criminal records, but the Cassation Court allegedly rejected all. 23 new conscientious objectors have been called to perform military service in 2012. On 7 May 2012, an application was submitted to the Government requesting that their call-up be postponed until genuine alternative civilian service is offered to conscientious objectors. The application was reportedly ignored and criminal prosecutions were launched in some of these cases. BLR 4/2012 18/10/2012 Belarus JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 31/10/2012 Alleged arbitrary closure of a human rights association. According to the 22/01/2013 information received, on 9 October 2012, the Minsk economic court decided to close down the association Platforma, on the basis that it had allegedly missed a deadline for submitting tax declarations and failed to notify the tax inspection of its move to a new office. It is reported that the organization had submitted all papers to the tax inspection authority in due time and has not moved to any new office; it has therefore not failed to comply with the legal requirements. It is further reported that Platforma has been repeatedly subjected to acts of harassment and reprisals over the past months, in particular since its representatives participated in the 47th session of the UN Committee against Torture in November 2011. A/HRC/23/51 95