Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 18/08/10 JUA IND 14/2010 Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders Alleged arrest and detention of human rights defenders. According to the information 29/06/11 received, Ms. Bharathi Pillai, Ms. Niharga Priya, Ms. Sudha, Mr. Gnana Diraviam, and Mr. Anandan participated in a human rights training course organized by the non-governmental organizations the Dalit Foundation (DF) and People's Watch (PW), from 11 to 20 August 2010, in Nagamalai Puthukottai. As part of their fieldwork exercise, they went to the Veeravanallur Police Station, in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, to gather information in relation to allegations of torture of a Dalit youth by police officers at the station. As a result, they were questioned and kept in the police station, and subsequently transferred to the house of the Judicial Magistrate in the nearby town of Cheranmahadevi. Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of PW-India, Member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and a member of the Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions, was reportedly referred to as an “absconding accused”, although no charges had been filed against him, nor was he present at the police station at the time of the arrest of the five defenders. 19/08/10 AL SAU 7/2010 Migrants Alleged widespread exploitation of migrant workers. According to the information 16/03/11 received, there is a pattern of widespread exploitation of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, including non-payment of wages and confiscation of passports, thereby restricting the workers’ freedom of movement, access to medical care, and their right to effective remedies. Reports suggest that the sponsorship (“kafala”) system, which ties migrant workers’ residency permits to their employers, is one of the root causes of such abuses. In addition, the Labour Courts are allegedly slow and cumbersome, which makes it difficult for migrants with limited resources to obtain effective remedies. 27/08/10 JUA IRN 24/2010 Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture Alleged detention on charges of enmity against God. According to the information received, since 20 December 2009 Ms. Shiva Nazar-Ahari, member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), had been detained and charged with moharebeh (enmity against God), as well as with “assembly and collusion to commit a crime” and “propaganda against the Regime”. Ms. Nazar-Ahari and her organization had reportedly been accused of contacting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Ms. Nazar-Ahari had been tried in Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. She had reportedly been held in solitary confinement in a cage-like cell which prevented her from moving her arms and legs. Ms. Nazar-Ahari was the subject of earlier communications (see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para 1200; and A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, para 1102). India Saudi Arabia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Reply 09/02/11 A/HRC/18/51 132 Date Type