03/08/2012 JUA 03/08/2012 UA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted SDN 5/2012 Sudan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Sudan; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations of excessive use of force in the context of peaceful demonstrations resulting in killings, injuries and torture and ill-treatment, and mass arrests. According to the information received, on 7 and 17 July 2012, security forces broke up peaceful demonstrations held in the Wad Nubawi neighborhood of Omdurman, a suburb of Khartoum, and in front of national security headquarters in central Khartoum. On 31 July, the Sudanese police and NISS fired live ammunition and tear gas on protesters in Nyala, South Darfur. Reportedly, twelve individuals, including at least five individuals under 18, who participated in the protest, died from gun shots, while several tens were wounded by sharp weapons. Additionally, mass arrests of peaceful protestors and human rights defenders have taken place. Mr. Mohammed Salah Mohammed was arrested on 24 June 2012 for having participated in a peaceful protest at the University of Khartoum, and subjected to torture and ill treatment in detention. It is also reported that Ms. Rashida Shams al-Din, Mr. Mohamed Al-Usbat, Ms. Nahid Gabralla, Ms. Amira Osman, Mr. Faisal Shabou, Mr. Tarig El Sheikh, Ms. Marwa el Tigany, Mr. Al Said Mustafa, Mr. Ramzi Yahia, Mr. Abdulgadir Mahmoud, Mr. Radwan Daoud, Mr. Abdul Rahman Abu Al Hassan, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, Mr. Adil Abdallah Nasr El Dein, Ms. Mai Shatta, Mr. Amro Hamd Omar, Mr. Satti Mohamed Alhaj, Mr. Fathi Albhiri, Mr. Radwan Daoud, Mr. Widad Dirwish and Mr. Ahmed Alkwarti, were arrested in the context of the recent protest movement, the majority of whom were not charged with criminal offences. Reply USA 14/2012 16/10/2012 Summary executions; Alleged imposition of the death penalty on an individual with intellectual United States of disabilities – According to the information received, Mr. Marvin Wilson, a America 54-year-old American, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1994. In 1997, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned his conviction. The following year, he was retried and sentenced to death. In 2003, the defendant‘s lawyers challenged their client‘s death sentence on the claim that he had intellectual disabilities. In 2004, a court-appointed neuropsychologist concluded that Mr. Wilson had intellectual disabilities. In November 2004, despite the mental health expert‘s diagnosis, the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas rejected the claim. In 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the death sentence. Mr. Wilson was scheduled to be executed on 7 August 2012. His lawyers filed a petition for a writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. A/HRC/22/67 64 Date Type

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