Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SDN 3/2014 26/05/2014 Sudan JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; 06/06/2014 Allegations of the arrest and incommunicado detention of a human rights defender. According to the information received, Mr. Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelrhman, a student activist who has been actively involved in the mobilization of Sudanese citizens to promote and protect human rights and democracy, made a statement at the memorial of a fellow student activist who was killed during a student demonstration in Khartoum. In the statement, he named the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) agents who were responsible for the killing. Since then, his family home has been monitored and his younger brother was threatened. Mr. Abdelrhman was arrested on 20 March 2014 and released on 7 April 2014. On 12 May 2014, Mr. Abdelrhman was re-arrested by plain-clothed NISS agents and his family has not been informed of his whereabouts. Grave concern is expressed at Mr. Abdelrhman’s physical and psychological integrity while in detention. MYS 4/2014 27/05/2014 Malaysia JAL Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Alleged systematic persecution and discrimination against Shi’a Muslims in Malaysia. According to the information received, on 21 April 2014, Mr. Mohd Kamilzuhairi Abdul Aziz, a Shi’a religious cleric, was arrested by police during a peaceful religious meeting in Taman Sri Gombak. On 9 April 2014, a novel written by Mr. Mohd Faizal Musa was banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs in order to stop Shi’a propaganda. The ban appears to be imposed as a result of the 1996 fatwa issued by the National Council for Islamic Affairs, which declared Shi’a school of Islam as a deviant sect and any production, broadcast and distribution of any books, pamphlets, films and video deviating from the Sunni teaching as haram (forbidden). A/HRC/27/72 71