Case No Country SWZ 2/2015 07/05/2015 Swaziland JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged arbitrary arrest and continued pre-trial detention of, as well as charges of sedition and terrorism brought against, two political activists for exercising their right to freedom of opinion, expression, association and peaceful assembly. According to the information received, Mr. Mario Masuku, the president of the political party ‘the People’s United Democratic Movement’ (PUDEMO), and Mr. Maxwell Dlamini, the secretary general of the party’s youth wing, the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), were arrested on 1 May 2014 following a peaceful political rally on charges of sedition and terrorism for making critical statements of the government and judiciary of Swaziland. The legal proceedings governing their applications for bail have been marred by irregularities that bring into question the independence and impartiality of the court. The prolonged period of pre-trial detention has adversely affected Mr. Masuku and Mr. Dlamini’s health and well-being. Both men are still held in pre-trial detention and an appeal hearing to review the denial of bail originally scheduled in May 2015 was reportedly postponed indefinitely. USA 9/2015 Migrants; 07/05/2015 United States of Summary JAL America executions; Reply Allegations of summary executions of three Mexican nationals in the United States of 25/06/2015 America. According to the information received, Mr. Antonio Zambrano-Montes, Mr. Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz and a 31-year-old man, all three Mexican immigrants, were killed by police officers in February 2015 in different parts of the United States of America, allegedly as a result of disproportionate use of firearms. These incidents happened respectively on 10 February in Pasco, Washington; on 20 February in the City of Grapevine, Texas; and on 27 February, in Santa Ana, California. Concern is expressed at the circumstances of these killings, which appear to be the consequence of an excessive use of force by the police, and that the victims may have been shot while they did not carry any firearms that may have posed a threat to the safety of the police officers involved at the time of the shootings. A/HRC/30/27 46 Date Type