Case No Country BHR 17/2011 05/08/2011 Bahrain JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Terrorism; Torture; Alleged life imprisonment of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 23/09/2011 22 June 2011, the Lower National Safety Court sentenced human rights defenders Messrs. Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (subject of earlier communications, see A/HRC/18/51, BHR 9/2011), Abdulwahab Hussain (subject of an earlier communication,see A/HRC/18/51, BHR 3/2011), Hassan Mushaima (subject of an earlier communication, see A/HRC/18/51, BHR 4/2011), Abduljalil Al Singace (subject of an earlier communication, see A/HRC/18/51, BHR 4/2011), Mohammed Habib Al Safaf (Al Miqdad), Saeed Mirza Ahmed (AlNouri) and Abduljalil Mansoor Makk (Al Miqdad) to life imprisonment. A further four human rights defenders, Messrs. Mohammed Ali Ismael, Mohammed Hassan Jawad, Abdullah Isa Al Mahroos and Abdul Hadi Abdullah Mahdi Hassan (Al Mukhodher) were reportedly sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, while Messrs. Ibrahim Sharif Abdulrahemm Mossa and Salah Hubail Al Khawaj received five-year prison sentences, and Mr. Al Hurra Yousif Mohammed received a two-year prison sentence. A further seven human rights defenders, Messrs. Akeel Ahmed Al Mafoodh, Ali Hassan Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Al-Khanjar (subject of an earlier communication, see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para 90), Saeed Abdulnabi Shehab, Abdulraoof Al Shayeb (subject of an earlier communication, see A/HRC/4/37/Add.1para 36), Abbas Al Omran, and Ali Hassan Mushaima, were allegedly found guilty and sentenced in absentia. The Government reportedly alleged that the aforementioned human rights defenders form part of a “terrorist cell”. They were reportedly held for a long period of time in incommunicado detention and subjected to torture, and their confessions may have been extracted under duress. A/HRC/19/44 52 Date Type