Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted BHR 14/2011 04/07/2011 Bahrain JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 24/08/2011 Alleged detention and ill-treatment of opposition politician. According to the information received, Mr. Matar Ebrahim Matar, a former Member of Parliament and a member of Alwefaq Society, the largest opposition party, was kidnapped by armed masked civilians on 2 May 2011. Reportedly, on 12 June, Mr. Matar appeared before the Court of the National Safety (Military Court) without his lawyer nor his family being informed. He was allegedly charged with “Public incitement for regime change and deliberately spreading biased rumors, in addition to taking part in public gatherings”. Mr. Matar had reportedly been held in solitary confinement throughout the entire period of detention. On 21 June, Mr. Matar reportedly had his second hearing in the same court. However the session started in his absence, since he had not been brought from jail. On 10 May, a person had reportedly overheard Mr. Matar screaming and being beaten while he was interrogated. KWT 1/2011 04/07/2011 Kuwait JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Torture; Alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment for the peaceful exercise of the right to freedom of expression. According to the information received, Mr. Nasser Abul, a 26-year-old online activist, was summoned via a telephone call for interrogation by the State Security Police on 7 June 2011. He was allegedly arrested and accused of insulting the Bahraini and Saudi Arabian ruling families on his Twitter account. On 12 June 2011, Mr. Abul appeared before the Kuwaiti General Prosecution Office on state security charges, including “damaging the country‟s interests” and “severing political relationship with brotherly countries”. Mr. Abul was held in detention at the State Security facility. It is alleged that Mr. Abul was subject to ill-treatment sustained during the first two days of his detention, including insults, threats and being forced to sleep in a permanently lit cell. MEX 12/2011 Human rights 04/07/2011 México defenders; JUA Torture; Presuntas amenazas contra activistas indigenas. Según las informaciones recibidas, una amenaza escrita a mano fue encontrada, el 16 de junio de 2011, en la casa de la Sra. Obtilia Eugenio Manuel, presidenta de la Organización Pueblo Indígena Me‟pha (OPIM), y de su marido el Sr. Cuauhtémoc Ramírez, activista indígena y líder de dicha comunidad, conminándoles a que dejen de presionar al Gobierno para que ejecute la sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos acerca de los casos de Valentina Rosendo Cantú e Inés Fernández, dos mujeres indígenas que fueron violadas por miembros del ejército en 2002. La nota también contenía amenazas contra el Centro de Derechos Humanos Tlachinollan el cual mantiene desde hace mucho tiempo relaciones de trabajo con los dos defensores. Ambos defensores han sido víctimas de amenazas e intimidaciones anteriormente por su trabajo con la OPIM. El 6 de junio de 2011, la pareja y varios otros miembros de la OPIM habrían sido detenidos injustificadamente e interrogados por soldados fuera de su oficina. Un soldado presuntamente golpeó a la Sra. Obtilia Eugenio Manuel en el tobillo. Reply A/HRC/19/44 26 Date Type