Date Type 14/12/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) BHR 10/2015 Bahrain Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 18/01/2016 Allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention, charges and prosecution, and in some cases torture and ill-treatment, of ten individuals, including human rights defenders and one child, for the exercise of their right to freedom of expression. According to the information received, since 2013, ten individuals, namely Messrs. Ebrahim Karimi, Husain Ali Isa Mahdi, Ammar al Abid, Mahmood Tarish, Mohsen AbdAli, Hasan Abd-Ali, Nader Ebrahim Abdul-Imam, Nabeel Rajab, Ali Ebrahim al Heli and Ali al Shofa, were convicted and charged with criminal offences for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Reportedly, cyberspace regulatory measures disproportionately violate the right to freedom of expression and opinion. Mr. Rajab was the subject of ten communications sent on 6 October 2004, case no. BHR 6/2004; 25 July 2005, case no. BHR 3/2005; 5 March 2010, case no. 1/2010; 22 March 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. BHR 4/2011; 16 June 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. BHR 12/2011; 9 September 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. 18/2011; 24 July 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case. no. BHR 6/2012; 23 May 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. BHR 3/2013; 14 October 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. BHR 13/2014; and 15 April 2015, see A/HRC/30/27, case no. BHR 2/2015. Mr. Rajab was the subject of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 12/2013, see A/HRC/WGAD/2013/12. A/HRC/32/53 27