A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 and to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights and freedoms of the abovementioned persons are respected. (e) UA 07/10/2013 Case No. SAU 9/2013 State reply: None to date Alleged imminent execution in violation of international human rights law standards including due process and the right to counsel. 132. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Saudi Arabia has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged risk of imminent execution of Mr. Mabrook Ali Saleh Al Sai’ari. Reportedly, Mr. Sai’ari was convicted of murder in 2000 and served his four and a half year sentence in full, before being released and re-arrested for the same alleged crime shortly thereafter, in 2005. It is alleged that in 2012, Mr. Sai’ari was sentenced to death and that his execution, which was scheduled for 8 September 2013, was postponed for approximately 70 days. Concern was expressed that the proceedings against the defendant did not meet due process standards under international human rights law, as he was allegedly unable to appeal his death sentence and could not afford and was not provided any legal assistance. In this context, the Special Rapporteur would like to remind the Government of Sudan of his report to the United Nations General Assembly A/67/279 of 9 August 2012. The Special Rapporteur reiterates Safeguard 5 of the UN Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty, which provides that “[c]apital punishment may only be carried out pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a competent court after legal process which gives all possible safeguards to ensure a fair trial, at least equal to those contained in article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the right of anyone suspected of or charged with a crime for which capital punishment may be imposed to adequate legal assistance at all stages of the proceedings,” and that the imposition and enforcement of the death penalty following an unfair trial must be considered as particularly cruel, inhuman and degrading and in violation of article 7 of the ICCPR and articles 1 and 16 of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) (paras. 58, 60 and 61). The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government to commute Mr. Sai’ari’s death sentence, to undertake a prompt and independent investigation into the irregularities in the trial, and to provide full redress to the victim. Spain (a) UA 24/07/2013 Case No. ESP 2/2013 State reply: 25/09/2013 Alegación sobre el riesgo de persecución, tortura y/o malos tratos en el caso de aprobarse la extradición del Sr. Alexandr Pavlov a Kazajistán (referirse al caso no. ESP 6/2013 y KAZ 3/2013). 133. El Relator Especial agradece al Gobierno de España por su respuesta, de fecha 25 de septiembre del 2013, a la comunicación conjunta con otros procedimientos especiales. La comunicación se refiere a la posible extradición a Kazajistán del Sr. Alexandr Pavlov, ex guardaespaldas del Sr. Mukhtar Ablyazov, en forma incompatible con el principio de nonrefoulement (no devolución), ya que existen motivos fundados para creer que el individuo estaría en peligro de persecución, tortura y malos tratos. De acuerdo a informes, el Sr. Ablyazov, quien es el ex Ministro de Energía, Industria y Comercio de Kazajistán y opositor político del presidente, Sr. Nazarbayev, fue objeto de tortura mientras se encontraba en prisión en Kazajistán y posteriormente fue admitido en el Reino Unido como asilado político en el año 2011. La comunicación se refería también a numerosas violaciones de procedimiento durante la solicitud de asilo del Sr. Pavlov, presentada el 24 de enero 2013, incluyendo la supuesta falta de protección por parte de las autoridades españolas ante amenazas hechas por empleados consulares kazajos durante su estancia en 97