Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 05/04/11 CHN 8/2011 JUA China Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers 16/05/11 Alleged detention and irregularities during the trial of a human rights activist. According to the information received, on 25 March 2011, the Suining Intermediate People’s Court tried Mr. Liu Xianbin on charges of “inciting subversion of state power”. Reportedly, the judge did not allow Mr. Liu Xianbin to read out to the court his defence statement, and interrupted his lawyers from speaking in his defence. As a result, Mr. Liu Xianbin was found guilty and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment and two years and four months deprivation of political rights. He had reportedly not been allowed to meet with his lawyer on the grounds that his case involved “state secrets.” Mr. Liu Xianbin was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para 402). 05/04/11 COL 2/2011 JUA Colombia Human rights defenders; Summary executions Supuesto asesinato de defensor de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, la familia Verbel Rocha forma parte del Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE). El 23 de marzo de 2011, el Sr. Eder Verbel Rocha, junto con su hijo y su hermano, el Sr. Orlando Enrique Verbel Rocha, habrían salido de su finca en el municipio de San Onofre, cuando se encontraron con dos hombres armados, quienes habrían comenzado a dispararles. El Sr. Eder fue alcanzado por una bala y posteriormente habría muerto. El Sr. Orlando Enrique, junto con el hijo del Sr. Eder habrían huido del lugar y habrían informado de los hechos a unos soldados de la Infantería de Marina. Unas horas después, la policía habría detenido a dos individuos por su supuesta participación en el asesinato. Uno de los dos individuos habría sido liberado minutos después, por razones desconocidas. 05/04/11 EGY 6/2011 JAL Egypt Freedom of expression; Torture; Violence against women Alleged torture inflicted by the army on peaceful demonstrators. According to information received, on 9 March 2011, the Egyptian military arrested 18 women during a peaceful protest in Tahrir Square. The women were initially taken to a Cairo Museum annex where they were reportedly handcuffed, beaten, given electric shocks, and called prostitutes. 17 of them were allegedly transferred to a military prison in Heikstep, where they were forced to take off their clothes to be searched by a female prison guard. The women were then subjected to virginity tests and were threatened that “those not found to be virgins” would be charged with prostitution. All 17 women were reportedly brought before a military court on 11 March and released on 13 March. Several of them reportedly received one-year suspended prison sentences for disorderly conduct, destroying private and public property, obstructing traffic and carrying weapons. A/HRC/18/51 84 Date Type