Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
VNM 8/2014
25/07/2014 Viet Nam
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Summary
executions;
Alleged imposition of the death penalty against an individual suffering from a mental 06/10/2014
disability. According to the information received, in 2013, Mr. X was arrested and
detained at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on charges of drug possession, after an
acquaintance forced him at gun point to carry the drugs on a flight to Australia. In
April 2014, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Socialist Republic of Vietnam Court
sentenced Mr. X to death, disregarding his mental disability and other mitigating
circumstances of the case. Mr. X’s appeal to the Supreme Court is due to be heard
shortly. Concern is raised that Mr. X was not provided with adequate guarantees of
due process, including access to a lawyer and relevant evidence regarding his mental
condition.
SRB 1/2014
28/07/2014 Serbia
JUA
Discrimination
against women ;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Torture; Truth,
justice, reparation
& guarantees on
non-rec; Violence
against women;
Alleged attacks, threats and acts of intimidation against members of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) actively involved in commemorating the
Srebrenica genocide of 1995. According to the information received, on 8 July 2014,
during a commemoration of the genocide, Ms. Staša Zajovic, co-founder of the NGO
Women in Black, and three staff members of the same organization, were physically
and verbally attacked in Valjevo by a group of assailants, some of whom were
wearing t-shirts bearing the image of Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. The police
reportedly failed to provide adequate protection. Prior to this incident, the then
spokesperson of the Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Interior had incited
hooligans to act violently against members of Women in Black. A nationalist right
wing organization also organized a hostile protest in front of the organization’s
premises.
18/11/2014
11/12/2014
A/HRC/28/85
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