26/02/2013 JAL 26/02/2013 AL 27/02/2013 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MDV 1/2013 Maldives Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Torture; Violence against women; Allegations concerning legal provisions that allow sentencing of sexually abused minors on charges of fornication. According to the information received, a number of cases of sexually abused minors sentenced to flogging on charges of fornication have been reported in the news media. The Penal Code lacks specific provisions criminalizing sexual violence. In the absence of this, sentencing judges can resort to subsidiary law to sentence juveniles who have been victims of sexual violence on charges of fornication. NGA 1/2013 Nigeria Adequate housing; Alleged demolitions of 30 houses in the Oke-Ilu-Eri area of Badia East in Lagos and imminent threat of further demolitions and evictions in the same area. According to the information received, on the morning of 23 February 2013 a demolition squad from the Lagos State Government began demolishing houses in the Oke-Ilu-Eri area of Badia East in Lagos. As many as 30 houses are reported to have been demolished within the hour and thousands more residents are to be evicted and their houses demolished. Reportedly, no appropriate prior notice of the evictions and demolitions was provided to the residents. OMN 1/2013 Oman Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 20/03/2013 Alleged hunger strike by human rights defenders in detention in protest at 21/03/2013 their convictions, and undue delays in judicial proceedings. According to the information received, Ms. Basema Al-Rajehi, Ms. Basma Al-Keumy and Messrs. Ismael Al-Mikbali, Mahmood Al-Jamoodi, Hassan Al-Ruqayshi, Hamad Al-Kharousi, Mukhtar Al-Hana‘i, Ali Al-Hajji, Khaled Al-Nawfali, Mohammed Al-Fazari, and Saeed Sultan Al-Hashemy started a hunger strike on 12 February 2013. All these human rights defenders were arrested between 31 May 2012 and 11 June 2012, Mr. Al-Mikbali for attempting to monitor a protest by oil workers and the other ten human rights defenders for participating in peaceful protests. Since June 2012, most of these human rights defenders have been given prison sentences and fines. Charges against all include publishing defamatory material through social media platform Facebook. These are understood to include comments critical of authorities and alleged clampdowns on the right to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly in Oman. A/HRC/23/51 72 Date Type