Date Type Case No Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 07/10/10 AL ISR 11/2010 Education 22/06/11 Alleged negative impact of the Israeli blockade on the school system in the Gaza Strip. According to the information received, in June 2007 the Israeli Government imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, generally only permitting items it defined as humanitarian into Gaza. In June 2010, the Israeli Government announced that it would “ease” the blockade, allowing additional consumable items entry into Gaza. However, construction materials continued to remain banned for import. Due to the blockade, UNRWA had been unable to build a single school in Gaza in over three years. At the same time, the student population in UNRWA schools had risen dramatically. Furthermore, some 217 schools, including 36 UNRWA schools and 60 kindergartens, were reportedly damaged during the Israeli military’s “Operation Cast Lead,” between 28 December 2008 and 19 January 2009. Most schools function on double shift and an estimated 40,000 Palestinian refugee children had been unable to attend UNRWA schools due to lack of space and schools. As of September 2010, UNRWA had received approval from the Government of Israel to proceed with the building of only eight out of the 100 schools required to meet the demand. 15/10/10 JAL CHL 3/2010 Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture Supuesto uso excesivo de la fuerza contra activistas indígenas. Según las informaciones 10/03/11 recibidas, el 18 de septiembre de 2010 un contingente de Carabineros habría impedido 11/04/11 manifestarse a un grupo de activistas Mapuche, entre ellos el Sr. Cristian García Quintul, Presidente de la Asociación Newen Llifken, y habría hecho uso excesivo de la fuerza con algunos activistas al llevar a cabo varias detenciones policiales. Los Sres. García Quintul y Eric Vargas, junto con la Sra. Mónica García Quintul, hermana del Sr. García Quintul, habrían sido trasladados a la 2º Comisaría Policial de Puerto Montt sin serles leídos sus derechos ni ser informados de las razones de su detención. Tras la intervención de su abogado, el Sr. Vargas y la Sra. García Quintul habrían sido puestos en libertad. El 19 de septiembre, el Sr. García Quintul habría sido presentado ante el Fiscal Militar de Puerto Varas. El fiscal habría decidido dejar al Sr. García Quintul en libertad. 19/10/10 JUA RUS 6/2010 Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Torture Alleged prison sentence and ill-treatment of human rights defender. According to the 21/02/11 information received, on 18 August 2010 Mr. Aleksei Sokolov, Head of Pravovaya Osnova, an anti-torture organization, was sentenced on appeal by the Regional Court of Sverdlovsk to three years’ imprisonment for robbery. On 25 August, his family and legal representatives were informed that he had been transferred from Yekaterinburg to Krasnoyarsk, more than 2,000 kilometers away from his family. Allegations received indicate that Mr. Sokolov was beaten by the police during the transfer to Krasnoyarsk. Since January 2010, Mr. Sokolov had suffered attacks by his cell mates, both at the Kamychlov detention centre and at the Soukhoi Log detention centre. Mr. Sokolov was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, para 1895). Israel Chile Russian Federation Reply A/HRC/18/51 137 Country