Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 17/12/10 IRQ 9/2010 JUA Iraq Summary executions; Terrorism 11/03/11 Allegation that detainees suspected of having links with al-Qa’ida linked groups could be executed. According to information received, on 2 December 2010 the Ministry of Interior convened a press conference where Government officials paraded about 39 detainees suspected of having rejoined al-Qa’ida linked groups after their release from prison. Some of those detained were suspected of having links with Iraq’s al-Qa’ida branch known as “State of Iraq” (ISI), including Mr. Azim al-Zawi, reportedly the third-highest leader of the ISI, Mr. Ahmed Hussein ‘Ali, known as the “Mufti of Anbar” and Mr. Abdul Razzaq, the organization's alleged media chief. Allegedly, at the press conference, the Minister of Interior said “today, we will send these criminals and the investigation results to the courts that will sentence them to death. Our demand is not to delay the carrying out of the executions against these criminals [in order] to deter terrorist and criminal elements”. 17/12/10 THA 8/2010 AL Thailand Indigenous peoples Alleged non-return of exhumed bodies from Hmong graves at Wat Tham Krabok. According to the information received, Hmong have repeatedly sent delegations to dialogue with Government officials in order to achieve a resolution of the pending issues concerning the return of the exhumed bodies. The relatives of the deceased Hmong and members of the Hmong communities worldwide have made specific requests to the Thai Government and Thai foundations in possession of the remains of the exhumed bodies for what they would consider to be an acceptable solution to their grievances. This situation was the subject of earlier communications (see A/HRC/12/34/Add.1, para 404-429). 20/12/10 COL 21/2010 Mercenaries AL Colombia Reply 11/07/11 Alleged training of paramilitary groups and drug cartels. According to the information 08/02/11 received, Mr. Yair Klein, a former Lieutenant-Colonel in the Israel Defence Force, had established a private military and security company that trained right-wing paramilitary groups and drug cartels involved in killings in Colombia during the 1980s. In 2001, he was tried in absentia by the Criminal Court of the Manizales District in Colombia, found guilty of providing training to paramilitary groups and drug traffickers, and sentenced to fourteen years’ imprisonment. Mr. Klein was arrested in Moscow in August 2007 and the Colombian authorities sought his extradition. However, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the extradition would violate art. 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. According to reports, Mr. Klein was released from prison in Moscow and returned to Israel in November 2010. A/HRC/18/51 19