Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SYR 7/2011 17/06/2011 Syrian Arab JUA Republic Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged killings of protesters, excessive use of force and denial of life-saving medical treatment. According to the information received, between 8 and 11 April 2011, 49 individuals were killed during the protests throughout the country. Excessive use of force by members of the Syrian security forces and the military was reported during the protests of 15 to 17 April 2011. At least 240 individuals were reportedly killed during protests that took place from 22 to 26 April 2011 in Latakia, Bab Houd, Damascus, Izra, Barzah, Hama, Sa‟aba, Jableh, Harf el Hourani, and neighbouring suburbs of Daraa. During operation conducted on 25 April 2011 in daraa and neighboring towns, Syrian authorities have routinely denied wounded protesters access to medical assistance by preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded. Allegedly, Mr. Moataz Bellah Shaar died as a consequence. On 8 April 2011, Mr. Gassan Khalifa was allegedly denied access to Al Hareth hospital and Homs Military Hospital. Reportedly, at least 436 individuals may have been arbitrarily arrested by members of the Syrian security agents during protests between 9 April and 2 May 2011. Allegedly, detainees, many of them children, had been subjected to torture, including beatings with sticks, twisted wires, other devices, and electric shocks. Some were tortured on improvised metal and wooden “racks” and, in at least one case, a male detainee was raped with a baton. Further reports were also received about the arrest by security forces and the possible enforced disappearance, allegedly during the same period, of Mr. George Sabra, a political activist and a member of the Syrian Democratic People‟s Party; Mr. Ahmed Maetouk; Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamada; and Mr. Fayez Sarah. GEO 1/2011 20/06/2011 Georgia JUA Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Independence of judges and lawyers; 07/07/2011 Allegations of disproportionate use of force by law enforcement authorities to disperse a demonstration by opposition supporters. According to the information received, on 26 May 2011, after midnight, law enforcement authorities violently dispersed a reportedly peaceful demonstration by hundreds of opposition supporters who had gathered a few hours earlier in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi. Several people were reportedly injured and/or arrested and detained, and the fate and whereabouts of a number of them were allegedly unknown. A/HRC/19/44 19