Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted PAK 15/2014 23/12/2014 Pakistan JAL Independence of Alleged arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or judges and punishment of four persons by police officers of the Faisalabad District, in Pakistan. lawyers; Torture; According to the information received, in the period between May 2006 and December 2011, Messrs. W, X, Y, and Z were arbitrarily detained and subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by police officers of the Faisalabad District. These violations allegedly form part of a systematic and ongoing pattern of brutality and torture by the Faisalabad police. While information from the Faisalabad District Standing Medical Board, established by the Government to conduct medical examinations in response to allegations of torture, support these allegations, these abuses continue to be marked by a high degree of impunity. MMR 8/2014 26/12/2014 Myanmar JAL Myanmar; Summary executions; Allegations concerning the summary executions of 23 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) unarmed cadets by artillery shelling in Kachin State, Myanmar. According to the information received, on 19 November 2014, the Myanmar Army attacked the KIA military academy in Lanza, Kachin State. The attack allegedly killed 23 cadets and injured at least 16 others. Grave concerns are expressed about the use of unnecessary or indiscriminate force during the shell attack on the KIA military academy in Laiza. Further concern is expressed about allegations that these cadets may have been killed or injured while they did not represent any threat to the Myanmar Army. NGA 6/2014 29/12/2014 Nigeria JUA Arbitrary detention; Summary executions; Allegations concerning violations of the right to life in relation to the imposition of mass death sentences following unfair trials. According to the information received, on 17 December 2014, the Nigerian Army’s 7 Division General Court Martial sentenced 54 soldiers belonging to the 111 Special Forces to death for conspiracy. The convicted soldiers refused to take part in anti-terrorist operations to recapture Delwa, Bulabulin and Damboa in Borno State from Boko Haram terrorists for a variety of reasons, including failure of the army to provide them with the necessary equipment and support. The trial proceedings of these 54 soldiers were reportedly conducted in secret and there is a lack of clarity about the charges under which each of the soldiers was sentenced to death. Reply A/HRC/29/50 32 Date Type