Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
PAK 6/2012
02/05/2012 Pakistan
JAL
Torture; Violence
against women;
Alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl by her stepfather, a police officer, for more
than five years. According to the information received, Ms. X (18), a resident in
Punjab Province was continuously raped for five years by her stepfather, a police
officer of the area. The victim also stated that she was forced to have three
abortions. She also reported that she had been threatened by the perpetrator not to
talk about the matter with anyone, and that when she reported the facts to the
police station, she was threatened not to file a complaint. It is finally reported that
the mother of the victim has been disappeared for the last 10 months and her
whereabouts remain unknown.
10/12/2012
SAU 7/2012
03/05/2012 Saudi Arabia
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
01/02/2013
Allegations of acts of intimidation, excessive use of force and arbitrary detention
against individuals exercising peacefully their rights to freedom of association, of
peaceful assembly and of expression. According to the information received, on 10
April 2012, Mr. Mohammed Salih Al-Bajady was convicted of, inter alia, being a
member of the human rights NGO Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association,
and calling on the families of political detainees to protest and hold sit-ins. In late
March 2012, prosecutors reportedly imposed a foreign travel ban on human rights
activists Mr. Muhammad Fahd al-Qahtani, Mr. Walid Abu al-Khair and Mr.
Mukhlif Shammari for ―security reasons.‖ On 10 March 2012, a sit-in at the
University of King Khaled in Abha was allegedly met with excessive use of force.
On 13 March 2012, the court hearing related to the case of Mr. Fadhil Ali AlSulaiman, who was charged with demonstrating, resisting arrest and injuring the
security forces in relation to his participation in two peaceful assemblies in Hofuf
in March 2011, was postponed.
A/HRC/23/51
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