Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted VNM 6/2013 20/09/2013 Viet Nam JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of three labour rights activists, and alleged torture of and denial of medical treatment to one of them. According to the information received, Ms X, Mr Y and Mr Z were arrested in February 2010. They were sentenced in October 2010 without legal counsel in relation to a strike they organized at a factory in Tra Vinh province. The Appeals Court, on 18 March 2011, upheld the initial verdict. Ms X has reportedly been subjected to torture and illtreatment while in detention. It is further alleged that at the time of writing, she was gravely ill and had been denied all requests for medical attention. IDN 4/2013 23/09/2013 Indonesia JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged arbitrary dispersal and arrests of a total of 71 peaceful protestors in Papua. According to the information received, on 16 September 2013, the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB), a coalition of NGOs, planned to hold a demonstration celebrating the International Day of Democracy; however, it is reported that the authorities declined the KNPB’s request for a permit to hold a demonstration on arbitrary and ambiguous grounds and arrested protestors. Dozens gathering at the demonstration sites in the city of Jayapura were arrested, and several protestors who were holding a banner that read “Indonesia, open up space for democracy in Papua. Stop violence.” in the city of Sorong. All arrested and detained individuals were released later on the same day. Reply A/HRC/25/74 93