Date Type 17/08/2012 UA 17/08/2012 UA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted OTH 8/2012 Other Summary executions; Alleged imposition of the death penalty in violation of due process safeguards. According to the information received, the de facto authorities in Gaza have carried out 14 executions since January 2008 without the required approval, including for example that prescribed under Palestinian law. Among these, the executions of Messrs. Mohamed Ahmad Hamada Baraka, Mohamad Jameel Mohamad Abdeen, Fayez Talab Nassar al-Wheidi, Nael Jamal Qandeel Dughmush, Hazem Helmi Herez and Waleed Khaled Ismail Jarbou were reportedly carried out in April and July 2012. It is reported that in many cases, capital punishment is imposed by military courts, under the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Revolutionary Code 1979, following trials which allegedly do not comply with international due process safeguards. Against this backdrop, the following persons may be at imminent risk of executions: Jameel Zakaria Jaber Juha; Ehab Diab Mustafa Abu alAmreen; and Usama Zidan Jaber al-Ghoul. UKR 2/2012 Ukraine Torture; Reply Alleged refoulement of a Russian national, applying for asylum in Ukraine, to the Russian Federation. According to the information received, Mr. X applied for asylum to the Ukrainian government in February 2011 after charges had been brought against him relating to an incident that took place in Malgobek, in the province of Ingushetia in the Russian Federation on 28 October 2010. He reportedly applied for asylum because he feared persecution and torture in the Russian Federation. His request for asylum was rejected by the Ukrainian government, on the basis of which it was decided he would be extradited to the Russian Federation. On 7 March 2012, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized Mr. X‘s refugee status. On 11 June 2012, the Finnish Immigration Service also recognized him as a refugee. Reportedly, Mr. X‘s appeal to his extradition was rejected by the Ukrainian government. He was scheduled to be deported to the Russian Federation on 17 August 2012. A/HRC/22/67 79