B.
Replies received between 1 August 2014 and 31 January 2015 relating to communications sent before 1
June 2014
11.
The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 June 2014 to which a reply or an additional
reply has been received in the period between 1 August 2014 and 31 January 2015. Copies of the full text of the communications
sent and the reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the
OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable.
Government replies to cases ARG 2/2013 and BIH 2/2014 were erroneously excluded from the previous report A/HRC/27/72 and
are now included.
Date
Type
Case No
Country
USA 24/2011
23/02/2012 United States
JUA
of America
Mandate(s)
Adequate
housing;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Torture;
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Alleged judicial and other harassment of activist. According to the information received,
in the 1990s Mr. Steve Richardson, a member of the Los Angeles Community Action
Network (LA CAN), a grassroots organization working in downtown and south Los
Angeles, with a specific focus on the Skid Row community was convicted of two
felonies. Due to the three-strikes law he faces a risk of a sentence of between 25 years
and life in prison for any serious felony of which he is convicted. On two occasions, in
March 2008 and 21 May 2010, LAPD officers reportedly used significant force against
Mr. Richardson and he was charged with a felony of resisting arrest. The filing of
charges against him relating to the events of 21 May 2010 reportedly came just a week
after Mr. Richardson testified in front of the Los Angeles City Council in August 2010
regarding the Council’s decision to raise rents.
Reply
03/10/2014
A/HRC/28/85
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