Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 20/11/2015 JAL KOR 3/2015 Republic of Korea Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Denial of entry into and deportation of a human rights defender from the Republic of Korea, which impeded his attendance at an international civil society event. According to the information received, Mr. Vital Nshimirimana, a member of several associations as well as of an ongoing political campaign, was denied entry to, and removed from, the Republic of Korea, notwithstanding possession of a valid entry visa for the country for his attendance at the 8th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) in Seoul. Mr. Nshimirimana was told that his passport was reported as stolen by Interpol and subsequently denied contact with the organizers of WMD or the right to appeal the denial of entry. Concern is expressed that the reported deportation of Mr. Nshimirimana may be connected to his work as a human rights defender and the legitimate exercise of his rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of opinion and expression. A communication concerning the case of Mr. Nshimirimana is also being addressed to the Government of Burundi, see above, case no. BDI 6/2015. 20/11/2015 JUA ARE 4/2015 United Arab Emirates Health; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 18/12/2015 Alleged arbitrary detention, incommunicado detention, including in a secret detention location, torture and ill-treatment, and lack of due process guarantees of six foreign businessmen. According to the information received, in August 2014, Mr. Salim Alaradi and Mr. Mohamed Alaradi, brothers and both Libyan-Canadian citizens, Mr. Kamal Ahmed Al Darrat and Mr. Mohamed Kamal Al Darrat, father and son, both Libyan-American citizens, Mr. Adel Rajab Beleid Nasef, Libyan citizen, and Mr. Moad Mohamed Al Hashmi, Libyan citizen, were arrested by State Security officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).They were subsequently kept in incommunicado detention for a prolonged period of time at a secret detention location and subjected to torture and ill-treatment. On 27 December 2014, Mr. Mohamed Alaradi was released without charges and deported. The five other men reportedly remain in detention. They have not had access to a lawyer and were not presented to a judge to date. Serious concerns are raised about the physical and psychological integrity of the six individuals, as well as their health conditions A/HRC/31/79 155