Date Type 12/06/2015 JUA 15/06/2015 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SDN 4/2015 Sudan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Minority issues; Sudan; Summary executions; Alleged arbitrary detention and criminal charges against two clergymen as well as undue restrictions of religious freedom of the Christian communities in Sudan. According to the information received, on 2 December 2014, 39 Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church members who peacefully assembled around the church to defend the property from being confiscated by the authorities were arrested. Reverends Yat Michael Ruot Puk and Peter Yien Reith were arrested separately on 14 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 respectively, and held incommunicado until their transfer to Omdurman Men’s Prison on 1 March 2015. Reportedly, on 4 May 2015, they were both brought to the Khartoum Bahri Criminal Court for hearings. Reverend Michael and Reverend Peter reportedly face six criminal charges, some of which carry the death penalty or life imprisonment. Both clergymen were recently transferred to Kober prison, a high security facility, and have had no access to their families and lawyers since 4 June 2015. Reports also indicate that the religious autonomy of churches, the rights to freedom of expression, religion and of peaceful assembly of the Christian religious minorities have been seriously undermined by ongoing mass expulsions, arrests, detentions of foreign Christians and confiscation or destruction of church properties since the end of 2012. JPN 1/2015 Japan Environment; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of harassment, excessive use of force and arbitrary arrests of peaceful 27/07/2015 protestors in Okinawa. According to the information received, an unknown number of individuals, including Mr. Masatsugi Isa, Mr. Hiroj Yamashiro, Mr. Dagakku Tanimoto and Mr. Nakasone, were arrested and some of them charged with participating in peaceful sit-in protests in front of the gate of Camp Schwab. The sit-in protests are organized against the lack of public consultation about the construction of a new United States of America military base in the northern region of Okinawa, which is being built over entire coral colonies and involves the complete land fill of a bay that is the breeding ground of the endangered dugong species and will lead to the destruction of an entire ecosystem. A/HRC/31/79 23