Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 24/05/11 MWI 2/2011 JUA Malawi Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders Alleged threats and acts of intimidation against human rights defender. According to the information received, on 20 April 2011 three unknown men arrived at the office of Mr. Benedicto Kondowe, Executive Director of the Civil Society Coalition on Quality Basic Education. The men demanded that the security guard provide them with Mr. Kondowe’s home address and telephone number, which he refused to do. On 21 April, Mr. Kondowe reported the incident to the Area Three Police Station, Lilongwe. The same day, Mr. Kondowe reportedly received a threatening phone call from an unknown man. On 23 April, he reportedly received another phone call from an unidentified man who advised him to leave the country. 24/05/11 PAK 4/2011 JUA Pakistan Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture Alleged abduction and subsequent killing. According to the information received, Mr. Siddique Eido and Mr. Yousaf Nazar were abducted by men in State security forces uniforms on 21 December 2010. On 28 April 2011, their bodies were found in Ormara, Balochistan, reportedly showing marks of torture, and both had been shot in the head. Mr. Eido was the coordinator of the NGO Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) core group in Pasni, District Gwadar. Mr. Nazar was a member of the Baloch Students Organisation (Azad). Mr. Eido worked on cases of human rights violations and disappearances in Balochistan and he was allegedly the second member of the HRCP to be killed in 2011. His murder followed that of Mr. Naeem Sabir Baloch, who was allegedly killed on 1 March 2011. Mr. Eido and Mr. Nazar were the subject of an earlier communication (see above, case no. PAK 17/2010). 24/05/11 YEM 2/2011 JUA Yemen Arbitrary detention; Torture Alleged incommunicado detention and torture. According to the information received, Mr. Hicham Gherras, a Moroccan citizen born in 1968, travelled to Yemen in the context of his professional activities as director of the company Sunset Trade & Services on 12 February 2011. On 18 February, he was allegedly arrested by agents of political security services AlAmn Syassi. Mr. Gherras had reportedly not been charged nor had he been informed of the reasons for his arrest and detention. He was reportedly interrogated with regard to his professional activities and the aim of his trip to Sanaa. He was reportedly allowed to contact his wife once through a telephone call, and told her that he had been exposed to acts of torture. Reply A/HRC/18/51 113