Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IND 3/2013 12/03/2013 India JAL Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged execution after proceedings that did not comply with international standards of 06/08/2013 fair trial and due process guarantees. According to information received, Mr Mohammad Afzal Guru, aged 43, was executed at Tihar jail, New Delhi on 9 February 2013 after being sentenced to death in December 2002 for his involvement in attacks on 13 December 2001 at the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, during which nine people were killed. Reportedly, Mr Guru only received legal representation after he confessed. His confession, which he subsequently retracted, was allegedly obtained through torture. It is also reported that the Government-appointed legal representative failed to conduct a thorough cross-examination of evidence and witnesses. Mr Guru`s appeal for clemency was rejected on 3 February 2013. He was allegedly denied judicial review of the decision rejecting his mercy petition. The execution reportedly took place in secrecy and his wife was refused return of the body. GTM 2/2013 15/03/2013 Guatemala JUA Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-rec; Alegaciones de existencia de un clima de violencia e intimidación en contra de abogados, jueces, fiscales y otros sujetos procesales, que actualmente se padece en el país. Según se informa, esto afecta especialmente a aquéllos operadores de justicia que conocen procesos penales de alto riesgo e impacto social, particularmente los relacionados con casos de corrupción así como casos de graves violaciones a los derechos humanos ocurridas en el pasado, como crímenes de genocidio y lesa humanidad. Respecto a la grave situación de los operadores de justicia que trabajan en casos relacionados con la corrupción, nos referimos en particular al asesinato el 14 de febrero de 2013 de la abogada penalista la Sra. Lea De León. THA 2/2013 15/03/2013 Thailand JAL Cultural Rights; Alleged prohibited distribution in Thailand of the film Shakespeare Must Die produced Freedom of by Mr Manit Sriwanichpoom and written and directed by Ms Smanrat Kanjanavanit. expression; According to information received, on 3 April 2012, the Third Committee of Film and Video Censorship Board issued a banning order prohibiting the distribution of the movie, which is as adaptation in Thai-language of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is alleged that the Censorship Board deemed that the movie “has content that causes disunity among the people of the nation”, and that the filmmakers did not agree to reshoot the scenes that were the subject of the Third Committee’s various objections. It is alleged that the banning of the film is politically motivated. 09/09/2013 18/06/2013 A/HRC/25/74 154 Date Type