26/06/2012 JUA 27/06/2012 JUA 27/06/2012 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply OTH 3/2012 Other Summary executions; Alleged imminent execution and forced confession obtained under torture. Torture; According to the information received, following his arrest on 9 May 2010 in the Gaza Strip, Mr. Na‘el Jamal Qandil Doghmosh was forced by police investigators to ―confess‖ to a murder under torture. Subsequently, Mr. Qandil Doghmosh was sentenced to death on 28 April 2011. On 13 May 2012, the Court of Cassation rejected his final appeal. At the time the communication was sent, his execution by hanging was imminent. AZE 4/2012 Azerbaijan Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged detention and sentencing of a photo-journalist and human rights defender. According to the information received, on 12 June 2012 Mr. Mehman Huseynov, a correspondent and photo-journalist of the Institute for Reporters‘ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and the independent Azerbaijani Turan Information Agency, was detained and interrogated by the police until he was released on bail, and has been later charged with ―hooliganism committed with resistance to representative of the authority‖, under Article 222.2 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. It is reported that the detention and charges against him are related to his participation in civic campaign ―Sing for Democracy‖, launched as a human rights campaign ahead of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, and his activities of documenting human rights violations in Azerbaijan. It is also reported that on 21 May 2012, the police deliberately smashed the cameras of Mehman Huseynov and his colleagues while they were trying to take photos and film the events. MEX 13/2012 México Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; 05/09/2012 Presunto asesinato de un periodista en el estado de Veracruz. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 13 de julio de 2012, el Sr. Víctor Manuel Báez Chino salía de su oficina cuando habría sido interceptado por tres hombres armados a bordo de una camioneta gris. El Sr. Báez Chino habría sido obligado entrar al vehículo y su cuerpo sin vida habría sido hallado cerca del centro de Xalapa la siguiente madrugada. El Sr. Báez Chino era editor de la sección policial del periódico en línea Milenio El Portal de Xalapa, en Xalapa, estado de Veracruz, y miembro del consejo editorial del sitio de internet Reporteros Policiacos. A/HRC/22/67 28 Date Type