Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
PAK 9/2014
05/06/2014 Pakistan
JUA
Discrimination
against women ;
Summary
executions;
Torture; Violence
against women;
Alleged brutal murder of a 25-year-old woman by members of her own family in what
they describe as a crime in the name of honour. According to the information
received, on 27 May 2014, Ms. Farzana Praveen and Mr. X were on their way to the
Lahore High Court to make a statement that Ms. Praveen had married Mr. X of her
own free will, after her father filed a complaint of kidnapping against Mr. X. A short
distance from the High Court gate, the couple was reportedly stopped by Ms.
Praveen’s father, her two brothers, three cousins, and approximately 20 other men and
women. Ms. Praveen was beaten up until she fell down. One of her brothers then
reportedly delivered several blows to her head with a brick, resulting in her death.
Serious concern is expressed that the brutal killing of Ms. Praveen took place outside
of the Lahore High Court allegedly without the intervention of police or other law
enforcement officials and that, in general, gender-motivated killings of women,
including killings in the name of honour, do not receive stringent punishment.
MEX 9/2014
10/06/2014 México
JAL
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Torture;
Presuntos actos de intimidación y represalias contra un defensor de derechos humanos 05/09/2014
en el Estado de Tamaulipas. Según la información recibida, el Sr. Ramos Vazquez,
Presidente del Comité de Derechos Humanos de Nuevo Laredo (CDHNL), se reunió
con el Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la tortura y otros tratos o penas
cueles, inhumanos o degradantes, durante la visita del experto a México entre los días
21 de abril y 2 de mayo de 2014. Se informa que el 15 de mayo de 2014, más de un
centenar de efectivos de la Marina rodearon la oficina de CDHNL y solicitaron
folletos sobre derechos humanos. Además, se informa que dichos efectivos quisieron
ingresar en la oficina, pero el Sr. Ramos Vázquez se negó a dar autorización. El Sr.
Ramos Vázquez es beneficiario del Mecanismo Nacional para la Protección de
Personas Defensoras y Periodistas.
A/HRC/28/85
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