Date
Type
01/02/2013
JUA
01/02/2013
JAL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
AZE 2/2013
Azerbaijan
Arbitrary detention;
Freedom of
expression; Freedom
of peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Allegations of arrest of 63 participants in a peaceful protest held in Baku, of 23/04/2013
whom 26 were sentenced to administrative detention or heavy fines.
According to the information received, on 26 January 2013, 63 human rights
activists were arrested following their participation in a peaceful protest in
Baku; Intiqam Aliyev, Yegana Hajiyeva, Nargiz Yaqublu, Elchin
Jarullazade, Elnur Asgerov, Matin Naghiyev, Turgut Gambar, Shamil
Beydulla, Aygun Panjaliyeva, Ziya Bayramov, Nurlan Jafarov, Azer
Haqverdiyev, Abdulla Mahmudov, Mursal Aliyev, Rustam Salahli, Vusal
Hajiyev, Allahverdi Khanaliyev, Nijat Shukurov, Elvin Zeynalov, Malahat
Nasibova, Shahvalad Chobanoglu, Khadija Ismayil, Turkhan Karimov,
Gozal Bayramli, Nazli Panjaliyeva, Emin Milli, Emil Bagirov, Javid Afandi,
Atabey Agalarbayli, Ikin Rustamzad?, Hikmat Abdullayev, Abulfaz
Gurbanli, Mardana Huseynova, Kamala Bananyarli, Tamella Ahmadova,
Vusal Bayramov, Nadir Alma, Nijat Kamal, Turkel Rustamkhanli, Aynur
Imranova, Zaur Gurbanli, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, Elchin Ibadov, Sahib Karimli,
Nihad Huseyn, Elshan Hasanov, Elnur Jarchiyev, Orkhan Jarchi, Tofiq
Dadashov, Safa Atakishiyev, Aygul Panjaliyeva, Jamil Hajiyev, Khatai
Gafarli, Mahammad Abulhasanov, Kamaladdin Rahimov, Huseyn
Fakhraddinov, Gulnaz Mammadli, Shahla Hajiyeva, Elshan Shahbazov,
Zaur Akbar, Rufat Ahmazdzade, Elvin Elkhan, and Ilgar Nasibov. They
were brought before courts on the same day, and 26 of them were sentenced
to administrative detention or heavy fines. These arrests occurred a few days
after a delegation of Azerbaijani human rights defenders returned from an
advocacy trip at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.
PAK 1/2013
Pakistan
Discrimination
against women in law
and in practice;
Freedom of peaceful
assembly and of
association; Human
rights defenders;
Summary executions;
Violence against
women;
Alleged killing of seven human rights defenders working for the nongovernmental organisation Support with Working Solutions (SWWS).
According to the information received, on 1 January 2013, human rights
defenders, Ms. Shohrat Bibi, Ms. Rahila Gul, Ms. Zahida Bibi, Ms. Asmat
Bibi, Ms. Gul Naz, Ms. Lubna Mahmoud and Mr. Amjid Ali were
ambushed by four unidentified armed men while travelling home by car
from Swabi. The seven were shot dead while the driver was injured.
SWWS, the non-governmental organisation for which the human rights
defenders worked, reportedly provides maternal healthcare, education and
microfinance.
04/02/2013
A/HRC/23/51
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