Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ETH 2/2014 15/04/2014 Ethiopia JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Terrorism; Torture; Allegations of arbitrary detention, torture or ill-treatment and violations of the right to a fair trial and due process. According to the information received, Mr. Mohamed Aweys Mudey, a Somali national, was arrested in November 2013 in Ethiopia and accused of possessing information about Al-Shabaab operations and participating in terror activities. In February 2014, he was allegedly found guilty and sentenced to 27 years in prison without having had access to a lawyer or his family. It is reported that Mr. Mudey was tortured during interrogation while detained for four months at the Ethiopia Crimes Investigations Sector. He was allegedly transferred and held at an unknown location designated for terrorists. BHR 5/2014 16/04/2014 Bahrain UA Health; 14/05/2014 Alleged denial of medical treatment while in detention to a political activist and member of the main opposition movement. According to the information received, Mr. Hassan Mushaima, age 64 and the Secretary-General of the Haq Democracy Movement, is currently being detained in the Bahrain State Prison. Mr. Mushaima’s health condition has significantly deteriorated, and despite the advice from a medical specialist to carry out a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, he has not received this or any other medical treatment for cancer, including chemotherapy. Despite the repeated requests from Mr. Mushaima’s family, his medical records have not been made available to them for follow-up treatment. Mr. Mushaima is reportedly also suffering from severe eye problems caused by diabetes. In spite of the advice from an independent doctor, who determined that the deterioration of Mr. Mushaima’s eyes requires surgery, the prison authorities allegedly provided him only with eye-drops. Mr. Mushaima has been the subject of five previous communications sent on 16 March 2012, see A/HRC/21/49, case no. BHR 4/2012; on 5 August 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. BHR 17/2011; on 18 and 22 March 2011, see A/HRC/18/51/Corr.1, case no. BHR 4/2011 and BHR 4/2011; and 2 February 2007, see A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, para. 59-60. A/HRC/27/72 40 Date Type