Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRQ 6/2013 25/10/2013 Iraq JAL Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged killings of three media professionals. According to the information received, on 5 October 2013, one journalist and one cameraman affiliated with the TV channel Al-Sharqiya, Messrs Mohamed Karim al-Badrani, and Mohamed Ghanem were shot dead by unidentified gunmen while filming in central Mosul province. On 8 October 2013, journalist and human rights defender, Mr Saad Zaghloul, was also murdered by unidentified gunmen outside his home in Mosul. He was also the spokesman of the governor of the Province of Ninewa and a senior member of the Iraqi Association for Defending the Rights of Journalists. He wrote for several independent local newspapers on anti-corruption, human rights and law reform. Concerns were expressed that the number of media professionals killed in Mosul since 2003 allegedly reached 48, but at the time of writing no investigations had been initiated into the cases. VNM 8/2013 28/10/2013 Viet Nam AL Freedom of expression; Alleged arrest and charge under the Criminal Code for writing about his views on a social networking website. According to the information received, on 15 June 2013, Mr Dinh Nhat Uy was arrested and charged under Criminal Code article 258 (1): “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens”. It is reported that he could face a sentence up to of three years imprisonment for posting articles on Facebook from November 2012 to June 2013. He was reportedly accused of “publishing articles and posts on Facebook that were misleading, defamatory, and offensive against the State, organizations and citizens.” At the time of writing, Mr Dinh Nhat Uy remained in custody, and his trial had been scheduled for 29 October 2013. Reply 30/12/2013 A/HRC/25/74 112 Date Type