Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
HND 6/2013
17/12/2013 Honduras
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Summary
executions;
24/02/2014
Alegaciones de actos de intimidación y asesinato de un periodista. Según la
información recibida, el 7 de diciembre del 2013, el Sr. Juan Carlos Argeñal,
corresponsal de la cadena Globo de radio y televisión, quién era miembro del partido
Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE), fue asesinado en su residencia, en la Ciudad de
Danlí, en el Departamento de El Paraíso. Meses previos a su asesinato, el Sr. Argeñal
reportó presuntos hechos de corrupción por parte del gobierno local. En julio de
2013, habría comunicado amenazas de la no renovación de su licencia de prensa por
parte de las autoridades locales ante el Comité de Familiares de Detenidos y
Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH). En este mismo orden de ideas, el
Comisionado Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CONADEH) ha reportado 30 casos de
periodistas y 70 casos de abogados asesinados en el país desde enero de 2010.
ITA 3/2013
17/12/2013 Italy
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Torture;
Alleged arbitrary detention and risk of imminent extradition from Italy to Turkey of a
journalist and activist. According to the information received, on 21 November 2013,
Italian authorities arrested Mr. Bahar Kimyongür, a journalist and activist, at the Orio
al Serio (Bergamo) airport, Italy, pursuant to a 2006 red notice issued by Interpol on
request of the Turkish Government, allegedly for his participation in a demonstration
in Brussels in 2000, organised to denounce the practice of torture of political
opponents in Turkey. Mr. Kimyongür was after the demonstration accused by the
Turkish authorities of being a member of, and committing activities on behalf of, the
DHKP/C, an alleged terrorist organization. On the basis of the international warrant of
arrest and extradition issued, Mr. Kimyongür was arrested in 2006 in the Netherlands
and in 2013 in Spain. The extradition request was denied by the Dutch courts, and it is
still under consideration by the Spanish courts. He also underwent a four year trial in
Belgium, and in 2009 was acquitted by the Belgian Courts of the charge of
membership in DHKP/C. At the time of writing, Mr. Kimyongür was under house
arrest whilst the Court of Appeal of Brescia examined the Turkish Government’s
extradition request.
30/12/2013
06/02/2014
07/03/2014
26/03/2014
A/HRC/26/21
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