Case No
Country
ISR 2/2013
18/03/2013 Israel
AL
MMR 1/2013
18/03/2013 Myanmar
JAL
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Health;
Alleged repeated denial of access to specialized urgent medical care, resulting in death.
According to the information received, Mr. Shadi Zuheir Naim Natsheh (Palestinian
citizen, born 5 March 1989, and resident of Hebron, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian
Territory), died on 31 January 2013, as a result of repeated denial of permission by the
Israeli authorities to exit the West Bank and access specialized urgent medical care
abroad. Mr. Natsheh was the subject of a previous communication (see A/HRC/22/67,
case no ISR 10/2012), to which no reply has been received.
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Myanmar;
TZA 1/2013
Summary
18/03/2013 United Republic executions;
JAL
of Tanzania
Torture;
Violence against
women;
Reply
Allegations of restrictions on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly not in
compliance with international norms and standards. According to the information
received, the Decree on the Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession,
adopted on 5 July 2012, contains a number of provisions which curtail the right to
freedom of peaceful assembly.
26/03/2013
Alleged killings of persons with albinism (PWA). According to the information
received, Mr. X, aged 7, was killed on 31 January 2013 in Kanunge Village, Tabora
Region due to his albinism. The following persons were attacked allegedly due to their
albinism: Mr. Y, aged seven months, and his mother were attacked on 5 February 2013
at approximately 9 p.m. in Simiyu Region near Lamadi; Ms. Maria Chambanenge, aged
39, was attacked at her house in Mkowe Village, Rukwa Region, Western Tanzania on
11 February 2013 at approximately 2 a.m.; Mr. Z, aged 10, was attacked on 15 February
2013, while returning home from school in Msia Village, Rukwa Region, Western
Tanzania. It is alleged that in terms of local legends and mythologies, PWAs will vanish
if killed. Furthermore, sexual intercourse with a female PWA is regarded as serving as
an effective cure for HIV/AIDS.
A/HRC/24/21
18
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