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 Date Type

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