15/01/2013 JUA 16/01/2013 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply KAZ 1/2013 Kazakhstan Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged conviction of human rights defender following alleged ill-treatment 11/02/2013 while in detention and violations of fair trial standards. According to the information received, Mr. Vadim Kuramshin was arrested on charges of extortion on 23 January 2012. He was acquitted of these charges by a jury on 28 June 2012, which in turn convicted him for a minor offense. Following the annulment of this verdict by the appeals panel, he was once again placed in pre-trial detention. Allegedly he was beaten and threatened while in detention and that he went on a hunger strike in protest. In addition to this, significant irregularities in the new trial against Vadim Kuramshin, were reported who was eventually sentenced to 12 years‘ imprisonment in a penal colony under strict conditions. It has also been alleged that Ms. Raziya Nurmasheva, Mr. Kuramshin‘s defense lawyer, who intended to appeal the verdict, was suspended from the case, refused access to her client, and had a decree issued against her aiming to revoke her license to practice law. Mr. Kuramshin is a defender of prisoners‘ rights and a vocal critic of conditions in Kazakh prisons. COL 2/2013 Colombia Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Indigenous peoples; 03/04/2013 Alegación relativa a la detención de un defensor de derechos humanos. Según la información recibida, Sr. Manuel Antonio Bautista Pequi, miembro de la Asociación de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte del Cauca (ACIN), fue arrestado el 4 de enero de 2013 en Santander de Quilichao por agentes de la policía. De conformidad con las informaciones recibidas, fue imputado del delito de rebelión, al parecer sin pruebas suficientes. Un grupo de indígenas que le acompañaban fueron heridos por elementos policiales del Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (ESMAD). Según lo informado, 139 órdenes de captura contra dirigentes indígenas, incluyendo el Sr. Bautista Pequi, fueron expedidas debido a su participación en los actos de protestas por indígenas Nasa en contra de la presencia de actores armados en su territorio en julio de 2012. Esta última situación motivó una comunicación y una declaración pública del Relator Especial sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en agosto de 2012. A/HRC/23/51 42 Date Type