Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRQ 2/2013 29/05/2013 Iraq JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged torture and ill-treatment, use of evidence obtained under torture, incommunicado detention and arbitrary detention. According to the information received, in October 2004, Mr. Shawki Ahmad Sharif Omar was arrested along with his then pregnant wife by US soldiers in Baghdad in Al Zayouna district. While being held in US-controlled facilities, he was reportedly sentenced for illegal entry into Iraq on 24 June 2010 following an allegedly grossly unfair trial before the Central Criminal Court in Iraq. The sentence allegedly relied on statements extracted under torture from him and third persons. In July 2011, some months before the withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq, Mr. Omar was reportedly handed over to the Iraqi authorities and taken to Karkh Prison. Having completed the seven-year sentence in October 2011, his detention is allegedly devoid of any legal basis and has therefore been arbitrary for the last 19 months. On 21 May 2013 Mr. Omar was reportedly removed from his cell and taken to an unknown location. MMR 7/2013 30/05/2013 Myanmar JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Myanmar; 26/07/2013 Allegations of violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief and freedom of opinion and expression of a monk teaching the doctrine of an alternative Buddhist order. According to information received, U Ottama is imprisoned in Taunggyi Prison, Shan State, Myanmar for reportedly teaching a doctrine known as Moepyar. On 3 October 2012, the Kalaw Township Court in Shan State charged him with violating Section 295A of the Penal Code for insulting religion, and sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment. On 19 February 2013, the Taunggyi District Court and Shan State High Court reportedly dismissed the appeal without a hearing, and the matter is now pending before the Supreme Court. A/HRC/24/21 60 Date Type