Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
EGY 5/2014
09/05/2014 Egypt
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
02/07/2014
Alleged ban on the activities of a human rights movement. According to the
information received, on 28 April 2014, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters issued an
Expedited Decision which included “a ban on activities held by the April 6 Youth
Movement in the Arab Republic of Egypt, as well as a ban on any committee or
organization that belongs to it or is derived from it or funded by it”. Concern is
expressed that the ban of the April 6 Youth Movement may be related to their
peaceful work in defending human rights and civil liberties in Egypt. The Head of the
April 6 Youth Movement was the subject of two earlier communications sent on 3
December 2013, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. EGY 16/2013, and 24 December 2013,
see A/HRC/26/21, case no. EGY 19/2013.
ISR 2/2014
09/05/2014 Israel
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders; OPT;
Alleged excessive use of force and interference with the right to peaceful assembly.
According to the information received, between 31 January and 7 February 2014,
Israeli Defence Force soldiers and Border Police Officers on several occasions
interfered, including through the use of force, with the peaceful protest camp erected
in the abandoned village of Ein Hijleh in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank,
occupied Palestinian territory. Interference included obstructing people, food and
medical supplies from reaching the camp. These interferences culminated in the
forceful eviction of the protest camp in the early hours on 7 February 2014, and
several protesters were injured as a result.
SAU 7/2014
09/05/2014 Saudi Arabia
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged incommunicado detention of the founding president of the Saudi Civil and
Political Rights Association (ACPRA). According to the information received, Dr.
Abdulrahman Al-Hamed, human rights defender and founding president of ACPRA,
signed a statement on 12 April 2014 calling for the trial of the Minister of Interior for
suppressing public freedoms. On 17 April 2014, Dr. Al-Hamed was detained while
reporting to the Criminal Investigation Department in Burayda. While in detention, he
has not been allowed to see his family or his lawyer. Members of ACPRA were the
subject of three earlier communications sent on 3 February 2014, see A/HRC/24/21,
case no. SAU 1/2014, on 27 March 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. SAU 5/2013,
and on 21 December 2012, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. SAU 13/2012.
A/HRC/27/72
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