Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
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MEX 14/2014
14/08/2014 México
JUA
Disappearances;
Human rights
defenders;
11/11/2014
Presuntos actos de intimidación y amenazas contra familiares del Sr. Héctor Rangel
Ortiz, desaparecido en Querétaro el 10 de noviembre de 2009. Según la información
recibida, el día 26 de julio de 2014, la Sra. Brenda Rangel Ortiz, hermana del Sr.
Rangel Ortiz, habría informado a funcionarios del Estado de Querétaro que se llevaría
a cabo una manifestación al día siguiente. Asimismo, antes de la manifestación, tres
neumáticos de su coche habrían sido pinchados. Se presume que el recorte de los
neumáticos habría sido un acto de intimidación para disuadir al grupo de realizar la
manifestación. Durante la manifestación, personas vinculadas al Sr. Rangel Ortiz
habrían sido amenazadas por autoridades gubernamentales. La misma habría
concluido sin mayores incidentes.
LKA 10/2014
14/08/2014 Sri Lanka
JUA
Disappearances;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged dispersal of, and acts of intimidation against, a group of individuals gathered 18/08/2014
to discuss cases of disappearance in Sri Lanka, and possible collusion between the
assailants and the police. According to the information received, on 4 August 2014,
family members of disappeared persons, religious clergy, members of civil society
and the international community, gathered at the Center for Society & Religion to
listen to the experiences of families of disappeared persons from Northern Sri Lanka.
The closed-door meeting was reportedly disrupted by a mob of approximately 40
individuals, who exhibited hostility towards the families, shouting derogatory remarks
at the participants. The police reportedly arrived immediately after the mob had
stormed the premises, but failed to stop the assailants. Prior to the meeting, families of
the disappeared had reportedly received phone calls and visits from the police’s
Criminal Investigation Division (CID), requesting information about the meeting,
including the identity of the organizers.
A/HRC/28/85
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