Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply HND 3/2013 07/08/2013 Honduras JUA Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Presunto asesinato de una jueza en un contexto de ataques contra la independencia judicial. Según las informaciones recibidas, la Sra. Mireya Efigenia Mendoza Peña, jueza del tribunal de sentencia de El Progreso, Yoro, y Pro-Secretaria de la “Asociación Jueces por la Democracia”, habría sido asesinada por dos hombres que le habrían disparado mientras conducía su auto, el 24 de julio de 2013. Según la fuente, el asesinato de la jueza no habría sido el único caso contra profesionales de la justicia en el país. Se estimaría a 64 el número de víctimas desde 2010. Hasta la fecha no habría información sobre la conducción de investigaciones en este caso. VNM 5/2013 07/08/2013 Viet Nam JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 11/10/2013 Alleged arbitrary detention, torture and denial of medical care. According to the information received, Mr Nguyen Van Hai, also known as Dieu Cay, and Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu have been detained arbitrarily for voicing their opinions against the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. It is also reported that Mr Nguyen Xuan Nghia, a cell mate of Mr Nguyen Van Hai, was brutally beaten after he publicly revealed Mr Nguyen Van Hai’s on-going hunger strike. Mr Nguyen Van Hai had been subjected to torture in the past and held two hunger strikes to protest against his detention, the most recent of which started on 23 June 2013. Similarly, Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu was on hunger strike from 27 May to 21 June 2013to protest against his detention. It is alleged that visits from his family have been severely restricted and that he is banned from accessing basic necessities and legal documents. CHN 8/2013 Arbitrary 09/08/2013 China (People's detention; JUA Republic of) Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged arrests, detention and intimidation of human rights defenders, denial of access 11/11/2013 to appropriate medical treatment, incommunicado detention and torture while in detention, and alleged sexual violence. According to the information received, a pattern of arrest and detention of human rights defenders has emerged, particularly of activists working on the right to information, anti-corruption and housing rights, mainly on charges of unlawful assembly. In mid-June 2013, an application for medical parole for Ms Ni Yulan was denied. Torture and sexual violence against Ms Zou Guigin at Masanjia re-education through labour camp have been alleged. Communications on Ms Ni Yulan, Mr Zhao Changqing, Mr Xu Zhiyong and Mr Zhang Lin were sent previously (A/HRC/18/51). A/HRC/25/74 59