Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 05/05/11 PAK 3/2011 JUA Pakistan Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Torture Possible enforced disappearances. According to the information received, the following members of Jeay Sindh Mutehda Mahaz (JSMM), a Sindhi speaking nationalist group, were arrested by Pakistani security forces, subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and their fate and whereabouts remained unknown: Mr. Riaz Kakepoto, district president of JSMM, resident of Alia abad, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh province; Mr. Shah Nawaz Bhutto, district president of JSMM, resident of Moro city, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh province; Mr. Ali Nawab Mehar, member of district committee of JSMM at Nawabshah, resident of Qazi Ahmed, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh province; Mr. Jam Bhutto, activist at Nawabshah city, resident of Daulat Pur, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh province. On 11 April 2011, the above mentioned individuals were allegedly on their way home following a six-day hunger strike in front of the Karachi Press Club, when they were stopped by representatives of the Pakistani security forces in plain clothes who dragged them into a vehicle and drove them away to an undisclosed destination. 05/05/11 UGA 3/2011 JAL Uganda Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers Alleged arrest and deportation of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on April 13, 2011, Messrs Samwel Mohochi, Hussain Khalid, Muhdhar Khitamy and Hassan Omar Hassan were arrested by immigration officers at their arrival at Entebbe Airport in Kampala and detained there. The four human rights defenders were reportedly not interrogated and no reason was provided by the Ugandan authorities. They were allegedly required to sign deportation papers and were deported back to Nairobi under the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act (1992). They were reportedly flying to Kampala to meet with the Chief Justice of Uganda in order to discuss the case of Mr. Al-Amin Kimathi, a Kenyan human rights defender, who was allegedly arrested in Uganda on 15 September 2010 and detained at the Luzira Maximum Security Prison. Mr. Kimathi was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1 para 2303). 05/05/11 ARE 5/2011 JUA United Arab Emirates Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Torture Alleged arbitrary detention. According to the information received, on 21 April 2011 Mr. Adbdullah Khowar, 29, a vendor, usually residing in Ain-Khaled, Doha, Qatar, was arrested by the security forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the border of Salwa when he was driving to the UAE. On the same day, Mr. Khowar was reportedly allowed to contact his wife and inform her that he was taken to the Damman prison in the UAE. He allegedly noted that he was not given any explanation for his arrest and that he feared for his safety. Reportedly, Mr. Khowar had expressed his political views in relation to the events taking place in the Middle East. Reply A/HRC/18/51 102 Date Type

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