Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply CHN 6/2013 Arbitrary 17/07/2013 China (People's detention; JUA Republic of) Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; 23/09/2013 Alleged arrest and detention of peaceful protesters requesting to participate in the consultation and drafting process preceding China’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR), as well as a trial and alleged torture of an activist working on the same issue. According to the information received, a series of requests have been made by individuals and associations to participate in the consultation and drafting process around China’s upcoming UPR in October 2013. On 1 July 2013, a large number of the protesters requesting to participate were arrested outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing and divided into two groups. One of the groups was released after twelve hours of interrogation. The fate and whereabouts of the second group remained unknown. Some activists, including Mr Cao Shunli, Zhang Ming, Hu Guang and Ms Peng Lanlan, were reportedly subjected to arbitrary arrests and detention in response to requests for information regarding the UPR process. Ms Peng Lanlan is currently on trial and may have been subjected to torture while in pre-trial detention. It is reported that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in response to requests for information regarding the UPR process, stated officially that such information amounted to ‘state secrets’. DNK 1/2013 17/07/2013 Denmark UA Alleged imminent risk of deportation of Mr X, an asylum seeker, who would be at risk of being tortured and killed, if forcibly returned from Denmark to Sri Lanka. According to the information received, Mr X’s asylum claim and subsequent appeal were rejected by the Danish Refugee Appeals Board on 13 May 2013. Allegedly, Mr X was ordered to leave Denmark or he would be forcibly deported from Denmark to Sri Lanka on 17 July 2013. At the moment of writing, Mr X could be deported at any moment. Reportedly, Mr X is at risk of being killed or tortured by the supporters of Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) or the Sri Lankan military forces, due to his alleged past relation with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Torture; A/HRC/25/74 43