Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 22/10/2015 JAL PSE 2/2015 State of Palestine Human rights defenders; OPT; Allegations of removal orders, travel bans and related court proceedings against a human rights defender. According to the information received, on 19 November 2014, Mr. Daoud al-Ghoul was expelled from Jerusalem, his hometown and place of work, by an order of the Israeli Home Front Command’s based on secret evidence. On 3 December 2014, he was expelled from the West Bank by another order, following his relocation there. Petitions were subsequently submitted challenging the orders at the Israeli High Court of Justice. On 22 March 2015, the High Court rejected the petitions against the military orders. On 12 March 2015, a third order was issued against Mr. Al-Ghoul, banning him from travelling abroad. On 25 June 2015, Mr. Al-Ghoul was arrested and subsequently charged with ‘membership of an illegal association’. He remains in detention in Megiddo Prison. A communication on the same subject was also transmitted to Israel, see above, case no. ISR 7/2015. 22/10/2015 JUA SYR 2/2015 Syrian Arab Republic Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged transfer of an imprisoned human rights defender into incommunicado detention. According to the information received, on 3 October 2015, Mr. Bassel Khartabil, a human rights activist detained since 15 March 2012, was taken from his cell in Adra Prison and transferred to an unknown location. Prison authorities have since refused to provide any information as to his whereabouts. In light of previous allegations of enforced disappearance of Mr. Khartabil in 2012 and consequent reported torture in detention, it is feared that he may now face further attacks on his physical integrity. Mr. Khartabil was the subject of a previous communication sent on 21 September 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case no. SYR 8/2012. Reply 29/04/2015 30/10/2015 A/HRC/31/79 128 Date Type