10/08/2012 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply OMN 2/2012 Oman Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 14/08/2012 Alleged arrest, detention and sentencing of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 5 June 2012, activists Messrs. Isaac 18/08/2012 Al-Agbary and Kalfan Al-Badwawi were arrested and detained. On 8 June, writers and bloggers Messrs. Abdulllah Hamad Mubarak Al-Kharusi, Ali AlSaadi, Ali Al-Haji, Hassan Al-Ruqayhsi, Hamoud Saud Hamdan Al-Rashidy and Nabhan Al-Hanashi were allegedly arrested. On 11 June, a peaceful protest reportedly took place in front of the General Police Headquarters in Muscat, calling for the release of all detained human rights defenders in Oman. It is alleged that security forces and anti-riot police arrested the protestors and transported them to Samail Central Prison, including writer Mr. Saeed Sultan Al-Hashemy, radio presenter and broadcaster Ms. Basma AlRajehy, lawyer Ms. Basma Al-Keumy, writer and blogger Mr. Bader AlJabery, writer Mr. Sama Essa, bloggers Mr. Fahad Al-Kharusi, Mr. Abdallah Al-Badi and Ms. Fatma Al-Bousaeedi, journalists Messrs. Nasir Saleh AlGailany and Mukhtar Mohamed Al-Hanaei, poet Mr. Mahmoud Hamad AlRawahy and activists Messrs. Khaled Saleh Al-Nawfaly, Khalid Al-Jabery, Omar Al-Khorousy, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Ghilany, Mohammed AlFazary and Ms. Mona Al-Gahoury. On 26 June, the first closed trial of bloggers and writers Messrs. Hamoud Saud Hamdan Al-Rashidy, Ali Hilal Al-Mikbaly and Mahmoud Hamad Thani Al-Rawahy and poet Mr. Abdulah Hamad Mubarak Al-Kharusi reportedly took place. The defendants were allegedly accused of insulting the ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos, and of publishing insulting and defamatory material. On 16 July, photographer and director Mr. Mohammed bin Zayed bon Marhon Al-Habsi and poet Mr. Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Araimi were allegedly sentenced to one-year imprisonment for insulting the Sultan. Designer Mr. Talib bin Ali Hilal Al-Ebri and activists and students Mr. Mohammed bin Khatir bin Rashid Al-Badi and Ms. Mona Suhail Hardan reportedly received the same sentence, along with a further six-month imprisonment for violating the law on information technology. On 25 July, Messrs. Ahmed Al-Ma‘ammari, Awad Al-Sawafi, Abdullah Al- Abidi and Usama Al-Tawayya were reportedly charged with insulting the Sultan and violating the law on information technology. A/HRC/22/67 70 Date Type