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
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