Case No Country MMR 2/2011 26/07/2011 Myanmar JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; Torture; Violence against women; 19/09/2011 Alleged incommunicado detention of political prisoner. According to the information received, Ms. Hnin May Aung, also known as Noble Aye, member of All Burma Student Federation Union (ABFSU) and 88 Generation Students, is serving an 11-year sentence in the remote Monywa prison in Sagaing Region. She was reportedly held incommunicado in a punishment cell, in solitary confinement, with a ban on family visits, for writing an open letter criticizing recent statements by State authorities denying the existence of political prisoners. Ms. Hnin May Aung was initially arrested in September 1998 for distributing booklets explaining the military regime‟s crackdown on the 1996 student movement. She was released under a general prisoner amnesty on 6 July 2005, but was reportedly re-arrested in a midnight raid on her home on 23 August 2007. She was reportedly charged under section 5/96 (4) of the law protecting the peaceful and systematic transfer of state responsibility, section 505/b of the penal code, and section 6 of the law relating to the forming of organizations. SAU 6/2011 Arbitrary 27/07/2011 Saudi Arabia detention; JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged arrest and detention. According to the information received, on 8 July 2011 the dean of the law and religious faculty at the University Mohamed Ibn Saoud in Riyad and member of Alkarama, Mr. Yusef Abdullah Al-Ahmad, was arrested by members of the general intelligence department at his family house in Dammam. His car keys and computer were allegedly taken by the agents who did not provide a reason for the arrest. His home was later searched and personal documents confiscated. He was reportedly informed that he was being accused of „sedition‟ and „public disobedience‟. His arrest follows a public address he made to high authoritie on 17 May 201 on behalf of 1‟225 families of people who have been detained for several years without being judged. Reply A/HRC/19/44 42 Date Type