Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 14/01/11 AFG 1/2011 JUA Afghanistan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Summary executions; Torture Alleged detention of Christian converts. According to the information received, Mr. X, a convert to Christianity, was arrested in Kabul on 31 May 2010 by security officers working with the Ministry of Interior, detained in Oullayat Prison in Kabul, and subjected to sleep deprivation, sexual abuse, beatings and mockery. On 29 October 2010, Mr. X was transferred to Kabul Detention Center compound. Reportedly, no Afghan attorney had been willing to represent him and a foreign attorney was turned away by Afghan officials. It was feared that Mr. X’s could face death penalty on charges of apostasy. On 20 October 2010, Mr. Y was allegedly arrested by Afghan National Police in Mazar-e-Sharif for giving a Bible to a man. He was charged with promoting Christianity and told to return to Islam. Mr. Y remained detained, although the court in Mazar-e-Sharif, on 6 January 2011, dismissed the case against him on the grounds that he was mentally unstable. 14/01/11 RUS 1/2011 JAL Russian federation Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture Alleged pattern of impunity regarding the deaths of lawyers and human rights activists. 28/03/11 14/01/11 ZAF 1/2011 JAL South Africa Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture; Violence against women Alleged “corrective” rape of a lesbian woman. According to the information received, Ms. X, a lesbian woman, was strangled with a wire, tortured and raped for five hours by Mr. Y, who intended to "turn her straight". Since this incident took place, the court-case addressing it had reportedly been postponed numerous times, and Mr. Y was released on bail. Ms. Z, a local community activist, reached out to Ms. X through a small local charity she set up in the Cape Town township of Gugulethu to rescue and support survivors of "corrective” rape. Mr. Y had allegedly asked family and friends to attack Ms. Z, constantly harassed her and made threats against her life and against her partner. According to the information received, Mr. Sergei Magnitsky was counsel for a foreign investment firm known as Hermitage Capital Management. In 2008, Mr. Magnitsky voluntarily provided testimony accusing the Russian Interior Ministry and other state officials of stealing about 230 million US dollars from the State budget. On 24 November 2008, Mr. Magnitsky was reportedly arrested and charged with tax evasion. Allegedly, he was not brought before a court of law but was kept in pre-trial detention for 11 months. While in custody he allegedly developed pancreatitis and he was denied medical treatment. On 16 November 2009, he died in custody. The Russian State Investigative Committee announced that there would be a formal criminal investigation into his death. The mandate holders kindly requested as well to receive information on the status of the investigation and prosecution of the cases concerning the deaths of Ms. Natalya Estemirova, Ms. Zarema Sadulaeva, Mr. Alik Dzhabrailov and Ms. Anna Politkovskaya, who had been subject to earlier communications. Reply A/HRC/18/51 32 Date Type