Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 22/03/11 SAU 2/2011 JUA Saudi Arabia Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Torture Alleged detention of protesters. According to the information received, on 4 March 2011, Mr. Muhammad al-Wad’ani, a 25 year-old teacher, was arrested in Riyadh by men in plain clothes, allegedly members of the General Intelligence, while participating in a protest. Other individuals who participated in the protest were allegedly also arrested. Reportedly, 24 men were detained on 3 and 4 March in connection with protests in the city of al-Qatif. They were subsequently released on 8 March 2011, without charge and allegedly only after having signed a pledge not to protest again. Mr. al-Wad’ani reportedly continued to be detained incommunicado, and is believed to be at risk of torture or ill-treatment. 23/03/11 BRA 1/2011 JUA Brazil Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture Alleged killing of human rights defender and death threats against his family. According to the information received, Mr. Sebastião Bezerra de Silva was the coordinator of the westcentral branch of the National Human Rights Movement and a member of the Tocantins Human Rights Commission. Mr. de Silva was reportedly involved in investigating the use of extrajudicial executions, torture and other forms of ill-treatment by members of the Brazilian police force and security authorities. On 28 February 2011, the body of Mr. de Silva was reportedly discovered on a farm in the municipality of Dueré, Tocantins State. An examination of the body reportedly revealed that Mr. de Silva had been subjected to torture before he was killed. In the period preceding his disappearance, Mr. de Silva and his family allegedly received numerous death threats via telephone. 23/03/11 RUS 2/2011 JUA Russian Federation Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture Alleged torture of a detainee. According to the information received, Mr. Rasul Kudaev was 11/05/11 arrested on 23 October 2005 on suspicion of involvement in an armed attack on the Government in Nalchik, and had since been held in a pre-trial detention center. Due to alleged inadequate medical care and repeated acts of torture, Mr. Kudaev’s health rapidly deteriorated. He had allegedly never received an independent medical examination, despite repeated requests. Since 4 March 2011, in the course of resettling detainees to a new building, a wide crackdown on detainees reportedly took place. Mr. Kudaev was reportedly beaten for breaking the rules and disobeying orders of staff, and was placed in a punishment cell on 11 March 2011. Mr. Kudaev together with seven other defendants was the subject of an urgent appeal sent by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on 27 May 2004. A/HRC/18/51 74 Date Type