Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BHR 1/2012 20/01/2012 Bahrain JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Violence against women; 21/03/2012 Allegations of arrest, detention and ill-treatment of a human rights activist /blogger and a school teacher. According to the information received, on 15 December 2011, Ms. Zainab Al Khawaja and Ms Massoma Al Sayed were arrested while staging a peaceful sit-in at a roundabout in Budaiya. Reportedly, riot police responded to the peaceful protest by deploying tear gas causing the protestors to leave the roundabout. Both women were taken to Budaiya police station and interrogated. It is alleged that both women were subjected to ill-treatment while in detention. Both women have been charged with taking part and calling for an illegal gathering and assaulting a female police officer while a third charge of inciting hatred against the regime has been brought against Ms. Al Khawaja. On 20 December 2011, Ms. Al Khawaja and Ms. Al Sayed, who had been detained in a women‟s detention facility in Isa Town, were reportedly released on bail. PAN 1/2012 20/01/2012 Panama AL Freedom of expression; 28/03/2012 Presunto asesinato y hostigamiento para restringir libertad de expresión. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 6 de noviembre de 2011, el Sr. Daría Fernández Jaén, dueño y director de programas de Radio Mi Favorita, y miembro del Partido Revolucionario Democrático habría sido asesinado en Penoné, provincia de Coclé. El 26 de diciembre de 2011, el Sr. Roberto Eisenmann, fundador y presidente del periódico La Prensa, habría sido informado que se habrían encontrado irregularidades fiscales en su negocio familiar, Desarrollo Golf Coronado SA, y que tenía que pagar 1,5 millones de dólares estadounidenses. El Sr. Eisenmann habría estado sujeto a auditorías fiscales continuadas durante siete meses. El despacho de abogados del Sr. Fernando Berguido, antiguo presidente y antiguo director de La Prensa, también habría estado sujeto a una auditoría durante seis meses. Tanto La Prensa como el Sr. Fernández Jaén habían denunciado la corrupción en Panamá y criticado al Gobierno. A/HRC/20/30 40 Date Type

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