Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply CUB 5/2011 19/01/2012 Cuba JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alegaciones de actos de violencia, hostigamiento e intimidación, y de detenciones en 27/03/2012 el transcurso de una manifestación pacífica en la Habana. Según la información recibida, el 30 de noviembre de 2011, la Sra. Ivonne Malleza Galano, el Sr. Ignacio Martínez Montejo, y la Sra. Isabel Haydee Álvarez Mosqueda, habrían participado en una manifestación pacífica contra el hambre y la pobreza en el Parque de la Fraternidad, Ciudad de la Habana. Poco después habrían sido violentamente detenidos, siendo golpeados, esposados y trasladados dentro de vehículos de la policía, y siendo objeto de actos hostigamiento e intimidación. Se informa que no se habría conocido el paradero de la Sra. Ivonne Malleza Galano, y de que podría haber sido detenida en régimen de incomunicación, hasta que el 10 de diciembre de 2011 le permitieron realizar una llamada telefónica para informar sus familiares y amigos sobre su localización. EGY 2/2012 19/01/2012 Egypt JAL Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Violence against women; Alleged violence against women by the Egyptian military in the context of the protests that took place in Cairo in November and December 2011. According to the information received, Ms. A (a journalist under training), Ms. B (an independent film maker), Ms. C (student), Ms. D (student), and a fifth victim (a reporter) were sexually assaulted and beaten for their participation in the peaceful protests taking place in Cairo in November and December 2011. According to information received, women human rights defenders who participate in demonstrations are increasingly targeted by security forces to prevent them from participating in the public sphere through the use of physical harm, intentional humiliation, and sexual assault accompanied by social stigma. IDN 2/2012 19/01/2012 Indonesia JAL Summary executions; Torture; Alleged killings and attacks against farmers and villagers. According to the information received, following their acquisition of land and/or the expansion of their concession, several plantation firms have been involved in land disputes with farmers which reportedly started in 1994 in Mesuji Lampung and in 2002 in Sungai Sodong, Mesuji, and South Sumatra. In the context of these land disputes, a series of killings and attacks against farmers and villagers have allegedly taken place in Mesuji Lampung and in the area of Sungai Sodong, Mesuji, South Sumatra. A/HRC/20/30 39

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