04/09/2015 JAL 04/09/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply TCD 1/2015 Tchad Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; Allégations de violations du droit à la vie. Selon les informations reçues, le 29 août 2015, les autorités tchadiennes auraient exécuté 10 personnes accusées d’actes de terrorisme suite à des attentats menés dans la capitale N’Djamena par le groupe terroriste Boko Haram. Ces exécutions sont les premières depuis 12 ans au Tchad. Des préoccupations sont exprimées quant à la réintroduction de la peine de mort dans l’arsenal répressif tchadien suite à l’adoption de la loi anti-terroriste du 30 juillet 2015. Des préoccupations sont également soulevées quant au caractère expéditif du procès ayant abouti à ces exécutions. TUR 3/2015 Turkey Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; 08/10/2015 Alleged arrest and arbitrary detention of three journalists in Turkey for aiding a terrorist organization. According to the information received, on 27 August 2015, Mr. Jake Hanrahan and Mr. Philip Pendlebury, two British journalists, along with Mr. Mohammed Ismael Rasool, an Iraqi journalist, and their driver, were reportedly arrested in the south-eastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir while filming clashes between security forces and youth members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, and later questioned by anti-terrorism police. On 31 August 2015, the three journalists were charged by a Turkish judge in Diyarbakir for “engaging in terrorist activity.” Although their driver was released, the journalists were detained for several days at Diyarbakir D Type Prison. On 3 September 2015, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland released a statement indicating that Mr. Hanrahan and Mr. Pendlebury had been transferred from prison to a deportation centre in Adana. Mr. Rasool allegedly had his appeal to be released rejected by the Turkish authorities and is reportedly still in prison. A/HRC/31/79 98 Date Type