Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
MMR 7/2014
06/11/2014 Myanmar
JAL
Myanmar;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Allegations concerning the death of a journalist in the custody of the Myanmar Army. 14/01/2015
According to the information received, Mr. Ko Aung Kyaw Naing, a journalist
covering the conflict between the Myanmar Army and the Democratic Karen
Benevolent Army (DKBA) in Mon State, was seized by the Myanmar Army on 30
September 2014 and missing since. The Myanmar Army issued a statement on 23
October 2014 that Mr. Ko Aung Kyaw Naing had been killed by a guard on 4 October
2014, claiming that he had been a member of the DKBA and had tried to seize a gun
and escape. Concerns are raised that the Myanmar Army did not have court
authorization to detain Mr. Ko Aung Kyaw Naing; tortured and summarily executed
him while in detention; delayed the reporting of his death for three weeks; and
improperly disposed of his body.
LAO 1/2014
07/11/2014 Lao People's
JAL
Democratic
Republic
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Allegations concerning undue restrictions to the right to freedom of expression and
opinion in relation to the newly approved Decree No. 327 on Internet-Based
Information Control/Management. According to the information received, on 16
September 2014, the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic approved
Decree No. 327, which contains a number of provisions that appear to unduly restrict
the right to freedom of expression and opinion as established through article 19 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Provisions include
terms that are vague and risk problems of interpretation and/or application, thereby
creating the conditions for undue restrictions to the right to freedom of expression.
Other restrictions established clearly contradict the purpose and scope of article 19,
paragraph 2, of the Covenant.
TUN 2/2014
07/11/2014 Tunisie
JAL
Summary
executions;
Torture;
07/01/2015
Allégations concernant des actes de torture de deux hommes et leur décès. Selon les
informations reçues, M. Ben Khmayes Louati est décédé le 23 septembre 2014 à la
prison de Borj El Amri, Manouba. M. Mohamed Ali Snoussi est décédé le 3 octobre
2014 suite à son transfer de la prison de Mornaguia à l’hôpital Charles Nicolle de
Tunis. Les décès de ces deux hommes seraient dus à des actes de torture et/ou des
traitements cruels infligés par des membres de la police et des gardiens de prison. A
ce jour, aucune mesure judiciaire ou administrative n’a été prise contre les agents de la
force publique.
A/HRC/28/85
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