Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHR 11/2012 09/11/2012 Bahrain JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 07/12/2012 Alleged banning of all public rallies and gatherings in Bahrain and the arrest and 14/12/2012 detention of two human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 2 November 2012, acting Vice President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Mr. Sayed Yousif AlMuhafdhah was arrested by security forces in alDiraz, west of Manama. He was subsequently transferred to Budaiya Police Station, and the following morning he was brought to the Public Prosecutor‘s office where it was declared that he would remain in detention for seven days on charges of ―participation in illegal protests‖. Ms. Jalila Al Salman, Head of the Bahrain Teachers Society, was originally arrested in March 2011 following a Government ban on protests and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Following a review her sentence was reduced to 6 months and following a hunger strike she was released in August 2011. She was re-arrested in October 2012 and required to spend another two weeks in prison. On 30 October 2012, the Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifah allegedly announced a ban on all public rallies and gatherings stating that they were associated with violence, rioting and attacks on public and private property. FRA 3/2012 09/11/2012 France JAL Minority issues; Racism; Allégations d‘une expulsion par des habitants du quartier Nord de la ville de Marseille de familles Roms. Selon les informations reçues, le 27 septembre 2012 une cinquantaine d‘habitants de la cité des Créneaux dans les quartiers Nord de Marseille se seraient rassemblés pour procéder à l‘expulsion de familles Roms, y compris des enfants, installées sur un terrain vague. Contraints à la fuite sous la menace et les insultes des habitants et des riverains, les familles Roms ont dû quitter le campement avec caravanes et véhicules, laissant derrière eux des effets personnels que les habitants du quartier auraient brûlés avec le reste du campement. La passivité et l‘inaction des pouvoirs publics et de la police avant et après l‘incident ont été rapportées. Selon les informations reçues la police aurait constaté les faits sans pour autant relever d‘infraction et n‘y procéder à aucune interpellation. Cet incident ferait suite à des faits récurrents d‘agression ou d‘opposition entre les riverains et les occupants des campements Roms. 09/01/2013 A/HRC/23/51 99