Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BRA 4/2014 24/04/2014 Brazil AL Independence of judges and lawyers; 30/06/2014 Alleged death threats against a lawyer and killing of his client for denouncing corruption within the police. According to information received, Mr. Wesley Pereira 15/07/2014 Fuganti, a lawyer, and his client Mr. X, were threatened by police officers after denouncing corruption involving the police in the city of Salto, São Paulo. On 29 November 2012, Mr. X was allegedly killed by a former police officer. After this event, Mr. Fuganti requested protection from the Brazilian authorities without success. Mr. Fuganti left with his family for the United Kingdom where their application for asylum was reportedly denied on 27 February 2014. CYP 2/2014 24/04/2014 Cyprus JAL Freedom of religion; Migrants; Torture; 01/07/2014 Alleged denial of asylum to an Iranian national and his family, who has reportedly been persecuted in the Islamic Republic of Iran for holding beliefs critical of Islam. According to the information received, Mr. X and his family arrived in Cyprus in 2000 and lodged an application for asylum through Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He submitted an asylum claim again in mid-2002 to the Asylum Service of the Republic of Cyprus, but it is alleged that relevant documents were removed from the file and his case was subsequently evaluated and rejected. He filed additional documents in December 2012 to reopen his case. It is alleged that Mr. X and his wife have been detained several times for visa issues in Cyprus and concern is expressed that Mr. X could be at risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or capital punishment, in case of deportation to Iran. SAU 5/2014 24/04/2014 Saudi Arabia JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment in detention of a human rights lawyer. According to the information received, on 29 October 2013, Mr. Al-Khair, the founder and Director of Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (MHRSA), was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on charges relating to the establishment of MHRSA. This sentence was upheld on 24 February 2014 by the Court of Appeal of Jeddah. On 15 April 2014, at the fifth session of his trial at the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, Mr. Al-Khair was arrested and taken to an unknown location. On 16 April 2014, his wife was informed that he was imprisoned at the Al Ha’ir prison in Riyadh. Reportedly, Mr. Al-Khair has been deprived of sleep while in detention. Grave concern is expressed at the arbitrary nature of Mr. Al-Khair’s detention and his ill-treatment in detention. Mr. Al-Khair was the subject of a previous communication sent on 3 May 2012, see A/HRC/21/49, case no. SAU 7/2012. A/HRC/27/72 47