Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SAU 2/2014 31/01/2014 Saudi Arabia JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Summary executions; Alleged detention and prosecution of a blogger and organizer of a conference to mark the 12/02/2014 26/01/2015 “day of liberalism” on charges of insulting Islam and “apostasy”. According to the information received, on 17 June 2012, Mr. Raef Badawi was arrested in Jeddah after organizing a conference to mark the “day of liberalism” and was subsequently detained in a prison in Briman. In July 2012, a trial against Mr. Badawi started before the General Court in Jeddah, with jurisdiction over apostasy cases, but was later referred to the Criminal Court of Jeddah as the General Court decided that Mr. Badawi should not be tried for apostasy. The charges brought against Mr. Badawi relate to a number of articles he had written and published on his website and on social media deemed to be insulting Islam. On 29 July 2013, the Criminal Court in Jeddah convicted Mr. Badawi under the information technology law of “founding a liberal website”, “adopting liberal thought” and for insulting Islam. Mr. Badawi was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, and 600 lashes. On 11 December 2013, the Court of Appeal ruled that the case should be reviewed again, dropped the apostasy charges, and sent it back to the Criminal Court in Jeddah, which in turn remanded Mr. Badawi to the General Court on charges of “apostasy”, an “offence” punishable by death. COL 3/2014 25/02/2014 Colombia JUA Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; 17/02/2015 Presunto patrón de ataques y amenazas de muerte perpetrados por actores no-estatales contra defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia. Según las informaciones recibidas, las violaciones parecen de estar vinculadas con la lucha contra la impunidad y la defensa de los derechos de las víctimas del conflicto interno armado, en especial aquellas afectadas por ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Los asuntos destacados en esta comunicación también han sido recogidos en otras comunicaciones; una primera envidada el 1 de Mayo de 2014, vea A/HRC/24/21, caso COL 5/2013; una segunda enviada el 17 de diciembre de 2012, ver arriba, caso COL 13/2012; una tercera enviada el 30 de junio de 2008, ver A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, para 764-767 (COL 17/2008); y una cuarta enviada el 25de junio de 2007, ver A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, para. 504-507 (COL 13/2007). A/HRC/29/50 76 Date Type

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