A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as described in articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. 577. The Rapporteur strongly condemns the execution of Mr. Krishna Pillai and calls on the Government of United Arab Emirates to take appropriate measures in order to ascertain that the practice of executions be abolished in the future, including by undertaking a prompt, impartial, and effective investigation of the alleged acts of torture, prosecuting and punishing the responsible for those acts, and providing redress to the victim’s family for the torture and execution of Mr. Krishna Pillai. 578. The Rapporteur strongly urges the Government of United Arab Emirates to refrain from executing the other persons in question, as well as to refrain from, and abolish, the practice of executions. (b) JUA 16/04/2014 Case No. ARE 3/2014 State Reply: 13/05/2014 Allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of Mr. Osama Al-Najjar. 579. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of United Arab Emirates for its reply, dated 13.05.2014, to the present communication. 580. The Rapporteur welcomes the Government’s initiative to investigate the allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of Mr. Al-Najjar. However, he regrets that, as of the drafting of this report, the Government has not submitted any substantive reply. 581. The Rapporteur finds that the reply of 13.05.2014 does not sufficiently address the concerns raised in the initial communication, which means that the Government fails to cooperate fully and expeditiously with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, as well as to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 582. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that Mr. AlNajjar was severely tortured in the course of his detention and interrogation at a secret site, and that this violation is aggravated by the fact that it was retaliation for his legitimate exercise of free expression and advocacy in support of his father’s case. Therefore, the Government of United Arab Emirates, by failing to protect the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Al-Najjar, has violated his right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. (c) JUA 30/12/2013 Case No. ARE 7/2013 State Reply: 27/02/2014 Allegations of abduction of Mr. Abdulrahman al-Jaidah. 583. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of United Arab Emirates for its reply, dated 27.02.2014, to the present communication. 584. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government that Mr. al-Jaidah was arrested on 24.12.2013 and deported to Qatar the day after his arrest. 585. The Rapporteur finds that the Government, in its reply, does not sufficiently address the concerns raised in the initial communication, specifically about the arrest of Mr. al Jaidah as he was attending the trial of his father, about the beatings that he suffered at the time and the fact that he was held in an undisclosed location. The insufficient reply prompts the Rapporteur to infer that the Government fails to fully and expeditiously cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, as well as to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 96