Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
BGD 1/2012
15/02/2012 Bangladesh
JAL
Extreme poverty;
Food;
22/02/2012
Alleged denial of food assistance to vulnerable groups caused by corruption.
According to the information received, 1000 Vulnerable Group Feeding cards were
allocated under the Vulnerable Group Feeding programme to the Monohorpur Union
of the Gaibandha district to be distributed to the poorest and most food insecure in the
area. Reportedly, the families who have been provided the feeding cards repeatedly
do not receive the food they are owed, and families who fit the criteria for the food
assistance programme have reportedly not received feeding cards. Allegedly,
corruption amongst local public servants and political activists is at the root of the
program‟s reported failures at reaching the families in need. There is reportedly no
administrative or judicial review process allowing local communities to voice
complaints or concerns about the program.
EGY 4/2012
15/02/2012 Egypt
AL
Trafficking;
11/04/2012
Alleged trafficking of persons, often migrants and refugees from Sudan, for the
purpose of organ removal in Egypt. According to information received, an increasing
number of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers are trafficked to Egypt for the
removal of their kidneys. The victims include children and women, many of them
from Darfur, who have fled the conflict to seek asylum in Egypt. Victims are often
deceived into giving their consent to sell their organs, or in other cases are completely
unaware that their organ was being removed. Victims suffer health consequences and
social stigmatization as a result.
IND 2/2012
15/02/2012 India
JAL
Sale of children;
Slavery; Trafficking;
Violence against
women;
Alleged trafficking of girl children from the districts of 24 North Parganas and
Murshidabad, West Bengal State, for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and alleged
systematic failure of the police to investigate such incidents. According to the
information received, Ms. A, aged about 14 years old, was trafficked on 9 October
2011 to Karnataka State, for prostitution. She was later rescued. Ms. B, aged about 14
years, was trafficked from her village. It is alleged that she was held in captivity and
raped before her rescue. Ms. C, aged about 15 years old, was trafficked from her
village on 30 May 2011, to Bangalore, where she was allegedly sold into prostitution.
The victim to date has not been rescued. Ms. D, about 15 years old, was trafficked
into Bangladesh. The victim allegedly married Mr X, and was allegedly sold by her
husband into sex slavery in Bangladesh.
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