Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
SDN 3/2013
12/03/2013 Sudan
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Violence against
women;
Allegations of of arbitrary detention and acts of harassment, intimidation and violence
against a group of Nuba women and men in Kadugli, South Kordofan. According to the
information received, on 10 November 2012, a group of 15 women living in Kadugli,
capital of South Kordofan, were called in for interrogation by security forces on
suspicion of their support to members of the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement
/North (SPLM/N). The women were subsequently detained. On 11 November, another
group of 18 women and one man, father of one of the women, were also detained in
Kadugli on similar grounds, raising the number of detainees to 34 persons. Most women
in detention are allegedly married and have dependent children in need of care.
IND 5/2013
13/03/2013 India
AL
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Allegations of an attack against a peaceful protester. According to the information
received, on 22 January 2013, around 2.000 persons peacefully gathered near the office
of the SDO – Sub Divisional Officer in Damkal. Ms. Basanti Mondal was reportedly
standing beside the road when a police vehicle allegedly ran over her left leg. The police
agents in the vehicle then took the victim to hospital without registering the incident.
Ms. Basanti Mondal reportedly was x-rayed which showed that her left foot had been
fractured, following which Ms. Mondal has been unable to perform her work activity. It
has been further reported that she had to bear the costs of the treatment herself. On 30
January 2013, the husband of the alleged victim reportedly sent a written complaint to
the Police station, but no answer had reportedly been obtained to date.
FJI 1/2013
15/03/2013 Fiji
AL
Torture;
Alleged torture of five individuals by Fiji Police and Military officers and alleged torture
of two unidentified victims. According to the information received, on 17 September
2012, five prisoners escaped from the Naboro Corrections Facility outside Suva, Fiji,
where they were serving long-term prison sentences. Reportedly, the men complied with
the directions of armed military officers and did not resist arrest when they were
recaptured. It is alleged that armed military officers tortured the men following arrest.
Each was allegedly hospitalized for various lengths of time as a result of the injuries
sustained, and several of their court appearances had to be rescheduled due to the gravity
of their injuries. Additionally, on 5 March 2012 a video on Fijian police forces’ assaults
emerged on social networks and the internet, showing the apparent torture and inhuman
and degrading treatment of two handcuffed men.
Reply
A/HRC/24/21
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