26/06/2015 JUA 26/06/2015 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) UKR 3/2015 Ukraine Arbitrary detention; Terrorism; Torture; USA 13/2015 Summary United States of executions; America Torture; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment of 38 members of a 14/08/2015 Ukrainian non-governmental organization. According to the information received, between 8 and 23 April 2015, the Odessa branch of the Security Service of Ukraine arrested 38 members of the Orthodox Kossacks, a registered non-governmental organization, and charged them with organizing a terrorist group and planning to establish an “Odessa People’s Republic” under section 258/3 of the penal code. The organization is also registered as a civil organization authorized to possess weapons and entrusted with the authority to assist police forces in maintaining and securing public order, which the organization did upon the request of law enforcement authorities on 2 May 2014 in Odessa. As of early June 2015, possibly up to 18 individuals were still detained and several others placed under house arrest. Among those detained are Mr. Eliseev Vadim Alekseevich, Mr. Yankovski Igor Yurivich, Mr. Kolomeitsov Anatoly Borisovich, Mr. Nazarenko Vitaly, Mr. Cherep Dmitri Nikolaevich, and Mr. Shalamov Aleksandr. It is reported that multiple irregularities occurred during the arrests, house searches and detention of at least 11 of the 38 individuals, and that seven of them have been subjected to severe torture by Security Service of Ukraine forces. Alleged violation of the right to life of an American citizen. According to the information received, on 15 May 2015, a federal U.S. jury advised that the death sentence be handed to a 21-year-old American citizen in relation to the Boston marathon bombings of April 2013 which led to the deaths of three people and injured 264 others. Concern is expressed at the imposition of the death penalty as well as that the death sentence imposed may further worsen the suffering of the victims and their families and be counterproductive to the efforts to definitely abolish this practice in the United States. 04/11/2015 A/HRC/31/79 32 Date Type