Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ESP 1/2012 03/02/2012 Spain JUA Disappearances; Independence of judges and lawyers; Presunto proceso penal iniciado contra un juez. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 13/03/2012 Juez Baltasar Garzón, que ha sido suspendido de sus funciones en mayo de 2010, estaría siendo sometido a un proceso penal por el Tribunal Supremo de España como consecuencia de su decisión, en 2008, de admitir a trámite e investigar denuncias de supuestas desapariciones forzadas, torturas y ejecuciones que habrían tenido lugar entre 1936 y 1951 en España. El Juez Garzón habría establecido su competencia para conocer del asunto en aplicación de los principios de imprescriptibilidad y no amnistiabilidad de los crímenes contra la humanidad. SYR 1/2012 03/02/2012 Syrian Arab JUA Republic Disappearances; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Alleged shooting and subsequent arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of pro-democracy activist. According to the information received, Mr. Mohamed Anwar Dabbas was severely wounded when shot in the upper body during a peaceful protest in Daraya, near Damascus, on 1 January 2012. It is reported that he was under anaesthesia and about to enter the operating room when a group of unknown individuals dressed in plain clothes arrived and took him away. Sources indicate that these individuals and their vehicles were recognised as belonging to the Air Force Intelligence. Mr. Mohamed Anwar Dabbas has not been heard from since he was taken from the hospital. CHN 1/2012 06/02/2012 China (People's JUA Republic of) Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 02/04/2012 Alleged sentencing of two human rights defenders to nine and ten years‟ imprisonment respectively. According to the information received, Mr. Chen Wei, a pro-democracy campaigner and writer, and Mr. Chen Xi, a member of Guizhou Human Rights Forum, were convicted of “inciting subversion of State power” in connection to articles posted online which call for democratic reform and emphasise the importance of civil society. Mr. Chen Wei was sentenced in Suining City, Sichuan Province on 23 December 2011, and Mr. Chen Xi was sentenced by the Guizhou Intermediate People‟s Court on 26 December 2011. Reportedly, both trials lasted less than three hours and Mr. Chen Xi was allegedly denied the right to make a final statement. Mr. Chen Wei was the subject of a previous communication (see A/HRC/18/51, case no. CHN 29/2010). Mr. Chen Xi was the subject of previous communications (see A/HRC/13/22/Add. 1, para. 389 and A/HRC/16/44/Add. 1, para. 456). A/HRC/20/30 46 Date Type