Case No Country SDN 9/2013 29/11/2013 Sudan JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Sudan; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged risk of corporal punishment of up to 40 lashes of Ms Najlaa Mohammed Ali and Mr Amin Senada. According to information received, on 21 October 2013, Ms Ali and Mr Senada were arrested by members of Sudan’s police and security forces in Port Sudan and charged with ‘indecent behaviour’ for riding in the same car together. If convicted, both would be at risk of being flogged with up to 40 lashes in line with Article 152 of Sudan’s 1991 Criminal Code. USA 17/2013 Summary 29/11/2013 United States of executions; JAL America Terrorism; Torture; Alleged killings of at least 19 persons as a consequence of alleged abuses committed by the United States Army 3rd Special Forces group, known as Operation Detachment Alpha (ODA). According to the information received, in November 2012, several local residents claimed that a number of killings that had occurred in the district of Nerkh in the province of Wardak were connected to operations by ODA 3124. For instance, body of Mr Nasrutullah was found in Nerkh with his throat slit in November 2013 following his arrest by US forces. In addition, members of ODA 3124 were allegedly involved in the deaths of ten Afghan men from Nerkh district who had earlier been taken into custody by US forces. After ODA 3124 withdrew from Nerkh district in April 2013, ten sets of human remains were allegedly found near the former base of ODA 3124. Furthermore, at least eight men are reported to have been killed in operations conducted by ODA 3124 and several detainees mistreated, harassed and severely beaten while in ODA 3124 detention. USA 18/2013 Torture; 29/11/2013 United States of AL America Alleged prolonged solitary confinement under “administrative segregation” status of Mr William Blake. According to the information received, Mr William Blake, 50 years of age, has been held in isolation under “administrative segregation” status for 26 consecutive years. Mr Blake has been the subject of a previous communication sent on 18 March 2013 (A/HRC/24/21), which addressed the alleged practices in New York State prisons that subjects thousands of incarcerated persons to prolonged solitary confinement, other extreme isolation practices, and inhuman or degrading conditions in detention, including the denial of adequate medical treatment. A reply was received on 7 August 2013. Reply A/HRC/25/74 138 Date Type