Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
MYS 9/2013
18/09/2013 Malaysia
JAL
Migrants;
Torture;
Alleged impact of security operations on the civilian population and alleged torture and 17/06/2014
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of Filipino civilians. According to the
information received, on 5 March 2013, the Royal Malaysian Air Force bombed the
camp of an armed group of 235 militants, known as the “Royal Security Forces of the
Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo”. It is also reported that mortar strikes were used by
the security forces as they advanced, allegedly resulting in casualties among civilians,
including migrants. Furthermore, systematic torture and ill-treatment of Filipino
civilians have been reported, in particular of Tausug migrants in Sabah by the police for
violations of immigration laws both before and after “operation Daulat”. Moreover, it is
alleged that human rights violations against the Tausug migrants have escalated in both
number and severity since the incursion and the launch of the operation.
MDA 5/2013
23/09/2013 Republic of
JUA
Moldova
Discrimination
against women
in law and in
practice;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Torture;
Violence against
women;
Allegations of gang-rape of a pregnant woman by seven men; and of threats and acts of 04/03/2014
violence, harassment and intimidation by the alleged perpetrators. According to the
information received, on 17 August 2013, while returning home, Ms X was approached
by a young individual who offered to accompany her to the village of Y, her hometown.
Soon after she accepted, Ms X was forced to get in a mini-bus and was taken to a field
outside the village of Y. Ms X was brutally gang-raped by 7 men during the whole
night. On 22 August 2013, five persons allegedly broke into Ms X’s house and
threatened to kill her. It is reported that the alleged perpetrators were only apprehended
by the police after a relative of Ms X had filed a formal complaint, and that they were
released within 72 hours. It is further reported that the parents of the alleged perpetrators
and a police officer visited Ms X and her relative at their home and forced her to sign a
written declaration affirming that she had no complaint of rape against the alleged
perpetrators. It is further alleged that the police failed to respond quickly and effectively
after the above incidents were reported and that those officers investigating this case
colluded with the alleged perpetrators.
A/HRC/27/72
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