Case No
Country
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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
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