06/12/2012 JAL 06/12/2012 UA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted BRA 15/2012 Brazil Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alleged killing of a journalist in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state. According to the information received, as Mr. Eduardo Carvalho, owner and editor of the ―Ultima Hora News‖ website, was returning home with his wife on 21 November 2012, he was shot dead by two unknown assailants waiting at his home in Campo Grande. The gunmen subsequently fled on a motorcycle and had yet to be identified. Mr. Carvalho was a retired police officer who regularly published articles on local corruption and abuse by the local police and received repeated death threats. He had also been shot at previously and had therefore been authorized to carry a gun and wear a bullet-proof vest. On the day of his murder, Mr. Carvalho had allegedly published a report accusing a military police captain of abuse of authority. He had several outstanding libel lawsuits connected to his reporting. GTM 9/2012 Guatemala Freedom of expression; Preocupaciones relativas a la reciente aprobación de las reformas a la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones, Decreto 94-96 del Congreso de la República, teniendo en vista su importancia en la facilitación al acceso a frecuencias radioeléctricas a todos los sectores de la población, y en particular a los pueblos indígenas. Segun la informacion recibida, la ley aumenta el plazo del usufructo para bandas de frecuencias reguladas, sin pago alguno ni beneficio para el Estado. El proceso de adopción del nuevo instrumento legal ocurrió de forma inesperada, imposibilitando la participación de distintos sectores de la sociedad potencialmente interesados en la materia. En particular, no tomó en consideración iniciativas presentadas con anterioridad en el propio parlamento cuestionando la concentración del control sobre frecuencias radioeléctricas y recomendando el establecimiento de un marco normativo para reglamentar medios de comunicación comunitaria (particularmente relevantes a comunidades indígenas). La necesidad de adoptar reformas relativas al acceso a los medios de comunicación está explícitamente contemplada en Los Acuerdos de Paz. Reply A/HRC/23/51 14 Date Type