Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
MYS 6/2013
12/07/2013 Malaysia
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
14/08/2014
Allegations of arrest of, and possible charges against, three organizers of a private
screening of a human rights documentary. According to the information received, on 3
July 2013, Ms Anna Har, Mr Arul Prakkash, and Ms Lena Hendry, from KOMAS,
together with the KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Civil Right Committee
(KLSCAHCRC), organized a private screening of the documentary film entitled “No
Fire Zone”, about allegations of war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the civil war
in 2009. They were subsequently placed under arrest under Section 6 of the Film
Censorship Act. On 4 July 2013, Ms Anna Har, Mr Arul Prakkash, and Ms Lena Hendry
were released on bail after their statements had been recorded.
MEX 5/2013
24/07/2013 México
AL
Water and
Sanitation;
15/12/2014
Alegaciones sobre la falta de acceso al agua potable en el Estado de Guerrero. Según
información recibida, el 17 de abril de 2006 un grupo de personas pertenecientes a la
ciudad de San Miguel Tlixtancingo rompieron la tubería del acueducto que abastecía a
más de 8000 personas de 13 comunidades de Coyuca de Benítez Gro y del Puerto de
Acapulco, dejándoles sin acceso a agua potable para sus usos personales y domésticos.
Las familias afectadas se han visto obligadas a tener que elegir entre pagar la factura del
agua entre otras necesidades básicas; y cuando no es posible, beben de los arroyos o
pozos poniendo en riesgo su salud. Hasta la fecha, las autoridades competentes no han
tomado ninguna medida para asegurar agua potable a estas familias.
USA 12/2013
Independence of
15/08/2013 United States of judges and
JAL
America
lawyers;
Terrorism;
Torture;
Reply
04/08/2014
Alleged torture during interrogation to coerce a confession used to incriminate and
substantiate a conviction for participating in terrorist activities in Saudi Arabia; alleged 08/08/2014
prolonged solitary confinement. According to the information received, on 11 June
2003, Mr Ahmed Abu Ali was arrested in Medina, Saudi Arabia upon the request of the
United States, beaten and whipped in prison until he confessed to being a member of an
Al-Qaeda cell. He was transferred to Riyadh where he was allegedly subjected to
solitary confinement, and sleep deprivation. Subsequently, he was reportedly transferred
to the United States where the confessions he made during the interrogations in Saudi
Arabia were used against him as the basis for a conviction for material support to the Al
Qaeda network. Mr Ali’s health condition is deteriorating while he is serving a sentence
to life imprisonment without parole in solitary confinement at the United States
Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX).
A/HRC/28/85
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