Date Type 08/12/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) IDN 10/2015 Indonesia Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Allegations of arrest, detention and potential deportation of a human rights defender following a request from the authorities of the United Arab Emirates. According to the information received, on 2 October 2015, Mr. Abdulrahman Khalifa Salem Binsobeih, an Emirati citizen, was arrested in Batam, Indonesia, on allegations of illegal residence. He was subsequently detained in the Police Office of the District of Batam. Immediately following his arrest, a request was made by the Emirati Embassy in Indonesia for Mr. Binsobeih to be handed over to Emirati authorities in order for him to be extradited to the United Arab Emirates, where, in 2013, Mr. Binsobeih was sentenced in absentia to 10 years’ imprisonment for charges originating in his membership of Al Islah, a human rights organization. This request was rejected. However, it is alleged that Emirati authorities and intelligence services continue efforts to negotiate his extradition. Mr. Binsobeih was the subject of three previous communications dated 7 November 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. ARE 5/2013; 6 August 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. ARE 4/2013; and 16 April 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. ARE 1/2013. A/HRC/32/53 21