Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply AUS 1/2014 27/03/2014 Australia JAL Health; Mercenaries; Migrants; Summary executions; Torture; 26/05/2014 Allegations concerning the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, the detention of children, the detention conditions and the violent response to protests against these conditions. According to the information received, at the end of January 2014, asylum seekers at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre staged protests about their conditions. On17 and 18 February 2014, protests violently escalated in the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. The G4S security guards (the private company providing security at the detention facility) allegedly responded with excessive use of force when protests escalated. It is alleged that the Papua New Guinea police responded with gun fire. This left one man dead and at least 53 asylum seekers injured. The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre is a closed detention centre which was set up pursuant to the adoption of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement in 2013 between Australia and Papua New Guinea. LBY 1/2014 27/03/2014 Libya UA Torture; 02/06/2014 Alleged torture and ill-treatment during interrogation in the “Al-Habdha” correction and rehabilitation institution in Tripoli, Libya. According to the information received, on 5 March 2014, Mr. X was arrested in a neighbouring country, where he had sought refuge, and consequently extradited to Libya on 6 March 2014. It is reported that Mr. X is detained in the Al-Habdha Correction and Rehabilitation Institution in Tripoli where he has been subjected to torture during interrogation. MAR 1/2014 27/03/2014 Maroc JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Torture; 22/04/2014 Allégations de détention arbitraire au Maroc d’une citoyen omanais et risque l’extradition imminente vers le Sultanat d’Oman. Selon les informations reçues, depuis 19 janvier 2014, M. Mohammed Rashid Eid Al Hashimi, un homme d’affaires et citoyen omanais, était détenu arbitrairement au Maroc où il risquait l’extradition imminente vers le Sultanat d’Oman. M. Al Hashimi était détenu sur la base d’un mandat d’arrêt international qui a été examiné par les autorités judiciaires de plusieurs pays respectifs et a abouti à sa libération en Allemagne et en Algérie. En outre, les multiples procédures judiciaires engagées par les autorités du Sultanat d’Oman contre M. Al Hashimi relève de l’acharnement judiciaire de la part et à l’instigation des plus hautes autorités du pays. A/HRC/27/72 23

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