Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IND 9/2011 10/06/2011 India JUA Summary executions; Torture; Alleged ill-treatment due to prolonged stay on death row, sentencing to death without fair trial and imminent execution. According to the information received, Mr. Devender Pal Singh was arrested in January 1995 at New Delhi Airport, without access to a lawyer, and subsequently charged for his involvement in a bomb attack. Allegedly, his death sentence followed a trial based on coerced evidence, which he later retracted. His death sentence was updheld by the Supreme Court in 2002 and his petition for Presidential pardon was rejected in May 2011. In a second case, Mr. Mahendra Nath Das was sentenced to death in 1997 for murder and had since been held on death row. The Supreme Court reportedly confirmed the sentence in 1999 and in May 2011 his petition for Presidential pardon submitted in 2000 was denied. Both individuals were at risk of imminent execution due to the apparent move to resume executions in India. THA 5/2011 10/06/2011 Thailand JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged human rights violations in relation to the lèse majesté law. According to the information 24/06/2011 received, Mr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul, an Associate Professor at Thammasat University in Bangkok has written several articles regarding the monarchy and has spoken publicly about the issue. On 24 April, Mr. Jeamteerasakul released a statement about the threats he had received during the previous two months, primarily from the Royal Thai Army. During the week of 25 April, two men on separate motorbikes were allegedly seen by a security guard surveying the area near Mr. Jeamteerasakul‟s house. On 27 April, an arrest warrant for Mr. Jeamteerasakul was reportedly submitted to the court by the police based on a complaint submitted by the Army‟s legal division of the police, but was rejected. On 2 May a programme was broadcast on Channel 9, a television station owned by the Army, which showed a photo of Mr. Jeamteerasakul and allegedly accused him of wanting to overthrow the monarchy. Mr. Jeamteerasakul had since then been receiving anonymous phone calls warning him to be careful. Mr. Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul, administrator of a website which supports the “United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship” (UDD), had posted two messages online before the clashes took place in April and May 2010 between anti-Government protesters and the military. The first message stated that if the “red shirt” protesters die in clashes with the military, the King should be held responsible, while the second alluded to the King as the “father” who should intervene if “sons and daughters are fighting” before anyone is killed. On 1 April 2010, Mr. Taweewarodomkul was allegedly charged by the Technological Crimes Suppression Division for violating the lèse majesté law and arrested by the police. On 15 March 2011, Mr. Taweewarodomkul was allegedly sentenced by Bangkok Criminal Court to 13 years of imprisonment under article 112 of the Thai Penal Code (lèse majesté law) and the Computer Crimes Act. Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, Executive Director of Red Power magazine, former editor of the Voice of Taksin magazine, and a core leader of the UDD, was arrested on 30 April 2011, for allegedly “attempting to topple the high institution”, as he was trying to cross from Thailand to Cambodia for work related reasons as an employee of a tour guide company. On 3 May, Mr. Pruksakasemsuk was reportedly placed A/HRC/19/44 14 Date Type