Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 12/11/10 JAL KWT 6/2010 Migrants; Slavery Alleged abuse and exploitation of migrant domestic workers. According to the information 18/03/11 received, there are more than 660,000 migrant domestic workers in Kuwait, mostly from Asia and Africa, of whom the majority are women. Once in Kuwait, these workers find themselves vulnerable to abuse in a system that leaves them with almost no effective legal protection. Common complaints of migrant domestic workers are nonpayment of salaries, excessively long working hours without rest, and incidents of physical and sexual abuse. Migrant domestic workers are reportedly often denied adequate food and medical care. Allegedly, employers often confiscate passports of migrant domestic workers and use the passports as a method of control by refusing to return them when workers tried to leave their employers. In addition, it is reported that the legal framework and institutions in Kuwait are inadequate to address these violations of human rights of migrant domestic workers. 12/11/10 JUA MAR 5/2010 Freedom of expression; Summary executions Décès présumé d’un garçon suite aux tirs de l’armée. Selon les informations reçues, le 24 01/02/11 octobre 2010 plusieurs personnes sahraouies, dont Al-Najem al-Karhi, âgé de 14 ans, se rendaient en convoi de deux voitures au camp Gdeim Izik dans le désert à la périphérie de Laayoune quand l’armée aurait ouvert le feu sur un des deux véhicules à un point de contrôle aux abords du camp. Al-Najem al-Karhi aurait été tué et plusieurs personnes auraient été blessées. Les passagers des deux véhicules se rendaient au camp afin d’apporter des vivres à des proches présents dans le camp et pour exprimer leur soutien aux manifestants. Le 25 octobre, Al-Najem al-Karhi aurait été enterré. Les membres de sa famille n’auraient pas été autorisés à voir son corps et n'auraient pas été informés du lieu de l'enterrement. Le procureur de la Cour d’appel de Laayoune aurait ordonné l’ouverture d’une enquête en relation avec les faits susmentionnés. 15/11/10 JUA UZB 6/2010 Arbitrary detention; Torture Alleged arbitrary detention. According to the information received, on 13 May 2005 Ms. Dilorom Abdukadirova, aged 44, happened to be at the Babur Square in Andijan when the violent crackdown broke up. She reportedly had no connection to the events, and fled to the Kyrgyz Republic fearing prosecution. The same year she was granted political asylum in Australia. Since Ms. Abdukadirova’s husband and children were not allowed to leave Uzbekistan, she reportedly decided to return on 8 January 2010. Upon arrival, Ms. Abdukadirova was allegedly arrested and held in the airport for four days, allegedly in connection with her border crossing, deemed illegal by the authorities. On 12 March 2010, Ms. Abdukadirova was reportedly arrested and later charged with crossing the border illegally, attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, and participating in riots. The Andijan City Court reportedly sentenced her to 10 years and two months of imprisonment. Kuwait Morocco Uzbekistan Reply 15/03/11 A/HRC/18/51 139