Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply YEM 3/2013 13/08/2013 Yemen JUA Arbitrary detention; Torture; Alleged torture, incommunicado and secret detention of Mr Muhammad Ahmad Naji Obayd Al Haribi in a secret prison in Sana’a and the Yemeni Intelligence Service’s National Security headquarters’ Al Qala’a prison. According to the information received, on 9 November 2012, Mr Muhammad Ahmad Naji Obayd Al Haribi, a 26year-old student living in Hubayl Al Raidah, Halimayn District, Governorate of Lahej, Yemen, was arrested at the Al Anad checkpoint between Lahej and Aden. It is reported that after several unsuccessful attempts to locate Mr Al Haribi’s whereabouts, it was discovered that he was detained in a secret prison in Sana’a, located below the Republican Palace, before being transferred to Yemeni Intelligence Service’s National Security headquarters’ Al Qala’a prison in Al Bakiriya street, Sana’a. It is alleged that Mr Al Haribi was detained incommunicado for 33 weeks, until 14 July 2013. It is reported that Mr Al Haribi was found on 14 July 2013, in a popular market in Taez, Yemen in a state of psychological breakdown, anxiety and displaying visible signs of physical abuse. BHR 5/2013 14/08/2013 Bahrain JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged restrictions of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly following 22 04/09/2013 recommendations to amend the anti-terrorism Law no. 58 of 2006. According to the information received, the National Assembly endorsed 22 recommendations on 28 July 2013 and his Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa agreed to their implementation on 29 July 2013. It is alleged that some of these recommendations have already been adopted, while adoption of the others is imminent. The amendments include provisions relating to revoking citizenship of those who carry out terrorist crimes; the imposition of harsher sentences on anyone involved in acts of terrorism; banning sit-ins and public gatherings in the capital; the extension of security forces’ powers to protect society from terrorist acts; the imposition of harsher sentences for anyone propagating illegal information in social media networks; the ability for the authorities to take legal action against political associations which incite and support acts of violence and terrorism, and the ability to take all possible measures to impose peace and security, amongst others. Law no. 58 of 2006 has been the subject of two earlier communications sent on 29 March and 30 June 2006 (A/HRC/4/26/Add.1, paras. 14-15). A/HRC/25/74 63