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.
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A/HRC/18/51
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