Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHR 7/2014 26/05/2014 Bahrain JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Migrants; 01/10/2014 Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of a Pakistani national. According to the information received, Mr. Mudassir Ali, a Pakistani businessman, was arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) in his office on 19 August 2013. On 23 September 2013, he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to six months imprisonment and deportation to Pakistan. On appeal, his sentence was reduced to three months imprisonment and deportation. Despite having served his sentence in Hozel Job Prison, Mr. Ali is still detained in the said prison. The authorities allegedly continue to lay new charges against him in order to keep him in detention. Mr. Ali has not been informed of these new charges and is at risk of being summarily expelled from Bahrain to the United Arab Emirates. NER 1/2014 26/05/2014 Niger JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Allégations relatives à l’arrestation et à la détention arbitraire du coordinateur de l’organisation Volontaires pour l’Intégration Educative (V.I.E.) Kande Ni Bayra. Selon les informations reçues, le 2 mai 2014, M. Ali Abdoulaye aurait été arrêté par des membres de la Direction Générale de la Sécurité de l’État (DGSE) et serait depuis cette date détenu sans charge dans leurs locaux à Niamey. L’arrestation aurait suivi son intervention dans les médias, dans laquelle il aurait dénoncé la famine dans la région d’Oualam et les conditions dans lesquelles vivent les enfants malnutris dans la région. De graves préoccupations sont exprimées en raison du fait que l’arrestation et le harcèlement de M. Abdoulaye seraient liés à son travail pour les droits de l’homme au Niger. 26/08/2014 A/HRC/28/85 157