Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted 15/10/10 IND 15/2010 JAL India Migrants; Sale of children; Slavery; Trafficking Alleged sale of children for forced labour in mines. According to the information received, an estimated 70,000 bonded child labourers from Nepal and Bangladesh work at the so-called “rat mines” of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya State, India. In most cases, the children are allegedly purchased by middlemen or abducted or sold by gangs in Nepal and Bangladesh to the mining mafia in Meghalaya. The working conditions at the mines are allegedly hazardous, unhygienic, cruel and inhuman. Deaths of children due to the unsafe working conditions are reportedly common, and often remain unreported. The children reportedly live in huts made with plastic sheets and there is a lack of safe drinking water and proper sewage system. Allegedly, girls are also often bought by the mine owners and subject to sexual exploitation. There is also information suggesting that some children are trafficked further from the mines to other places for sexual exploitation. Reportedly, there is a lack of interventions in this matter by the State Government. 15/10/10 NPL 8/2010 JAL Nepal Migrants; Sale of children; Slavery; Trafficking Alleged sale of children for forced labour in mines. According to the information received, an estimated 70,000 bonded child labourers from Nepal and Bangladesh work at the so-called “rat mines” of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya State, India. In most cases, the children are allegedly purchased by middlemen or abducted or sold by gangs in Nepal and Bangladesh to the mining mafia in Meghalaya. The working conditions at the mines are allegedly hazardous, unhygienic, cruel and inhuman. Deaths of children due to the unsafe working conditions are reportedly common, and often remain unreported. The children reportedly live in huts made with plastic sheets and there is a lack of safe drinking water and proper sewage system. Allegedly, girls are also often bought by the mine owners and subject to sexual exploitation. There is also information suggesting that some children are trafficked further from the mines to other places for sexual exploitation. 20/10/10 GBR 5/2010 JAL United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mercenaries; Migrants Alleged death during deportation involving private security company. According to the information received, Mr. Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan national who was being deported from the UK, died 50 minutes after having boarded British Airways flight 77 at Heathrow airport on 13 October 2010. Mr. Mubenga was allegedly sitting at the rear of the aircraft, surrounded by three guards working for the private security company G4S, which had been contracted by the UK Border Agency to escort deportees. Mr. Mubenga was reportedly resisting his deportation, while the guards were forcing him on his seat, one man on top of him, which made it difficult for him to breathe. Allegedly, the confrontation lasted around 10 minutes before Mr. Mubenga became silent and was no longer breathing. Reply 08/12/10 Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 149 A/HRC/18/51 Mandate(s)