Date Type 16/08/2012 JAL 16/08/2012 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply CHN 9/2012 China (People's Republic of) Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged torture of a 49-year old man by detention personnel. According to the 28/09/2012 information received, Mr. Kim Young-hwan a South Korean national was arrested on the charge of endangering national security on 29 March 2012. He is a prominent defender of human rights, focusing specifically on the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea, and was allegedly in China to assist North-Korean refugees. He was detained for 114 days, during which he was allegedly beaten, deprived of sleep and given electric shocks by detention personnel. Furthermore, in order to be released, Mr. Kim Young-hwan was asked multiple times to sign a document admitting he had violated Chinese laws and promising he would not talk about the abuse he had suffered while in detention. He refused to do so, and was released from China on 20 July 2012 and returned to South Korea. KEN 2/2012 Kenya Indigenous peoples; Allegations concerning the possible negative impacts of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) project on indigenous peoples inhabiting Lamu County and surrounding areas in Kenya. According to the information received, the LAPSSET project is a major infrastructure development project that will span three countries: Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia. It will consist of a major shipping port in Lamu County, in the northeastern coast of Kenya, as well as the construction of a major highway, resort cities, airport, oil refinery and pipeline that would interconnect the three countries. There are reportedly serious concerns regarding the effects that the construction of this project would have on the traditional lands, natural resources, and livelihoods of indigenous peoples in Lamu County and surrounding areas. Nevertheless, according to the information received there have not been adequate consultations carried out with affected indigenous communities and they have received very little information about the project and its potential effects on their rights. A/HRC/22/67 77