Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ZWE 1/2015 23/03/2015 Zimbabwe JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 30/03/2015 Alleged arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance of a human rights defender. According to the information received, on 9 March 2015, Mr. Itai Peace Kadizi Dzamara, a human rights defender and journalist who has led the Occupy Africa Unity Square (OAUS) Movement since 2014 and is the spokesperson for the National Youth Action Alliance, was forcibly abducted from a barber shop by five unidentified men. Mr. Dzamara has not been seen since and his family has received no information about his fate or whereabouts. Grave concern is expressed about the possible arrest and disappearance of Mr. Dzamara, which appears to be related to his human rights activities and the legitimate exercise of his right to freedom of peaceful assembly and his right to freedom of expression. Serious concern is also expressed regarding the fate and whereabouts of Mr. Dzamara, as well as about his physical and psychological integrity. Mr. Dzamara was the subject of a previous communication sent on 15 January 2004, see E/CN.4/2005/64/Add.1, para. 1032. BHS 1/2015 24/03/2015 Bahamas JAL Health; Migrants; Minority issues; Torture; Allegations concerning the negative impact of the recent immigration reform in the Bahamas and the subsequent alleged detention and deportation of persons, including children, of Haitian descent living in the Bahamas. According to the information received, on 1 November 2014, the Government of Bahamas initiated the implementation of a new immigration policy approved by Parliament on 17 September 2014. The new policy establishes that everyone living in the Bahamas is required to have a passport of the country of their nationality and, in the case of nonBahamian citizens, a residency or work permit previously issued by a consular office in a foreign country. Reportedly, since 1 November 2014, several operations to enforce the new policy were carried out by officials from the Department of Immigration. In January 2015, the Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed that 5,841 people were repatriated during 2014. Reportedly, the measures have had a disproportionate impact on Haitians living in the Bahamas, including children of Haitian descent who were born in the Bahamas. Furthermore, detention conditions in Carmichael Detention Centre, where Haitians are awaiting deportation to Haiti, are reportedly not in compliance with international human rights standards. Detainees for instance do not have access to health professionals and are not provided with basic hygiene products, clothes, sufficient beds and adequate food. A/HRC/30/27 15