A/HRC/21/49 10 II. Communications sent and replies received A. Communications sent between 16 March and 31 May 2012 and replies received by 31 July 2012 in relation to them 11. Communications are sorted in chronological order. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and Government replies received may be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the website of the Human Rights Council. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHR 4/2012 16/03/2012 Bahrain JUA Health; Torture; 18/04/2012 Alleged denial of medical treatment of an opposition leader. According to the information received Mr. Hassan Mushaima, aged 64, a national of the Kingdom of Bahrain and an opposition leader, is currently detained in the Central Prison of Bahrain. Mr. Mushaima is the Secretary-General of the Haq Democracy Movement, a main opposition movement calling for democratic reforms. He was the subject of earlier communications dated 5 August 2011, 22 March 2011, 18 March 2011 and 2 February 2007 (see A/HRC/19/44; A/HRC/61/Add.4). According to the new information received Mr. Mushaima was sentenced by the National Safety Court, a military court, to life imprisonment on 22 June 2011. While in detention his cancer relapsed and the Bahraini authorities allegedly fail to provide immediate medical attention. Mr. Mushaima has allegedly not received any treatment in the past six months and is denied access to an independent medical doctor. ETH 1/2012 16/03/2012 Ethiopia JUA Arbitrary detention; Torture; Alleged ill-treatment of opposition leader by prison inmates allegedly at the instigation of prison authorities. According to the information received, Mr. Andualem Aragie, a young opposition leader from the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), was severely beaten by his inmates while in custody in an unknown prison in Ethiopia. Mr. Aragie continued to be at serious risk of being the target of further violence by his prison inmates.