Case No Country SWZ 1/2014 02/04/2014 Swaziland JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged arrest and detention of a lawyer and a magazine editor for exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression. According to the information received, Mr. Thulani Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer, was arrested on 17 March 2014, and Mr. Bheki Makhubu, editor of The Nation magazine, was arrested on 18 March 2014. Both men were charged with “contempt of court” for allegedly authoring articles published in the Nation questioning the circumstances and rationale of a case pending before the High Court and raising concerns about the judiciary. On 18 March, Messrs’ Maseko and Makhubu were remanded into custody by the Chief Justice, and on 25 March and 1 April, the High Court reportedly prolonged their detention pending trial for another 7 days. Mr. Maseko was the subject of an earlier communisation sent on 12 June 2009, see A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, para. 2134-2138. TZA 1/2014 Indigenous 02/04/2014 United Republic peoples; JAL of Tanzania Mercenaries; Torture; Alleged beatings of three Maasai pastoralists of Sukenya Village, an area subject to ongoing dispute regarding access. According to the information received, Sukenya Farm constitutes the ancestral territory of Maasai pastoralists from both Sukenya and Mondorosi villages. The land has been traditionally used by these pastoralists for grazing livestock, accessing important water sources and for moving between villages and sub-villages. Since 2006, the Maasai have not been able to access this land and resources freely as Sukenya Farm’s leasehold was sold by Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) to Tanzania Conservation Limited (TCL) for tourism purposes. TCL is owned by a locally incorporated company called Thomson Safaris Company (TSC). Thomson Safaris is a subsidiary of Wineland-Thomson Adventures Inc. based in Boston, United States of America. It is alleged that in the past years, agents and employees including private security guards of Thomson Safaris have been exerting pressure on Maasai pastoralists to leave the Sukenya Farm area. Maasai pastoralists are alleged to have been subjected to forcible evictions, beatings (including Munjaa son of Musa, Kendo son of Maiwa, and Naboye Ngukwo of Sukenya Village), and arrests and detentions when they have attempted to access Sukenya Farm. Reply A/HRC/27/72 32 Date Type