28/08/2012 JUA 29/08/2012 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRQ 3/2012 Iraq 02/11/2012 Arbitrary detention; Alleged risk of imminent execution and 21 executions carried out under Summary executions; terrorism-related charges. According to the information received, Mr. Saleh Terrorism; Torture; Musa Ahmed Mohammed Al Baydani, a Yemeni citizen detained in Iraq, is at risk of imminent execution in Iraq. Following a trial in 2011 that allegedly did not comply with international human rights law provisions of due process and fair trial, he was sentenced to death under the charge of association with a terrorist group, which is not considered as most serious crime under international law. Moreover, Mr. Al Baydani was reportedly a minor at the time of his arrest, and by consequence, at the time of the alleged commission of crime. It is also reported that 21 persons were executed under terrorismrelated charges on 27 August 2012. BRA 10/2012 Brazil Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged break-in of offices of human rights organization and theft of confidential documents. According to the information received, on 11 July 2012, a member of Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais do Rio de Janeiro (GTNM/RJ) received an anonymous telephone threat. On 19 July, the group's offices were ransacked, during which confidential and sensitive documentation concerning psychological care given to victims of torture was reportedly stolen. It is alleged that other files were overturned, a computer was turned on and more than R$1,500 in cash was stolen. Founded in 1985, GTNM/RJ supports former victims of torture and works for the full implementation of the National Truth Commission by campaigning for the opening of State archives from the period of the military dictatorship. Reply A/HRC/22/67 90 Date Type

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