Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BRA 7/2012 05/07/2012 Brazil JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alleged killing of human rights defenders. According to the information received, 24/04/2013 Messers. Almir Nogueira de Amorim and João Luiz Telles Penetra left Rio de Janeiro on 22 June 2012 to go fishing in Guanabara Bay. Their bodies were found in Guanabara Bay on 24 and 25 June respectively. Mr. Telles Penetra‘s body was found bound by his hands and feet. Mr. Nogueira de Amorim‘s body was found tied to his boat with bruises on his neck and holes in the hull of the boat. Messrs. Nogueira de Amorim and Telles Penetra were both leading members of the Associação Homens do Mar – AHOMAR (Association of Sea Men), set up in 2009 to defend the rights of the fisher-folk working in Rio de Janeiro, in particular those affected by the planned construction of a gas pipeline by oil company Petrobras in Guaxindiba river. GBR 2/2012 05/07/2012 United AL Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Torture; Allegations of widespread and systematic torture committed by British authorities 27/08/2012 in Kenya prior to its independence. According to the information received, Mr. Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Mr. Paulo Muoka Nzili, Ms. Jane Muthoni Mara, Ms. Naomi Nziula Kimweli and Mr. Samuel Kimweli Mbithuka Kilatya, all Kenyan nationals and members of the Mau Mau war Veterans‘ Association (MMWVA; advocacy group registered in Kenya) claim that they were victims of grave acts of torture committed by agents and employees of the British authorities in Kenya between 1952 and 1960 prior to Kenyan independence on 12 December 1963 (―the Kenya Emergency‖). They are seeking redress from the British Government. Mr. Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Mr. Paulo Muoka Nzili and Ms. Jane Muthoni Mara lodged a case in the High Court in London and it is reported that the British authorities are arguing that the claim is time barred by virtue of the Limitation Act 1980. A/HRC/23/51 85