Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 20/07/10 JUA KGZ 5/2010 Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Racism; Torture Alleged detentions and torture and ill-treatment of ethnic Uzbeks. According to the 02/11/10 information received, since the violence erupted in June 2010 in the south of the Kyrgyz 14/07/11 Republic, a large number of detentions had taken place in the context of daily raids in Uzbek neighborhoods, without arrest warrants, and usually carried out by military and police officers. Most families had not been informed of where their relatives were taken upon arrest, leaving them without news of their whereabouts for hours or even days. Once detained, the victims were reportedly taken either to police stations or to detention centres, including the Osh City Police Department, Osh Province Police Department, local police precincts and the National Security Service, where they were reportedly subjected to torture and ill-treatment. On 11 July, one man died following his release, reportedly as a result of the ill-treatment received during his detention. 26/07/10 JUA VEN 8/2010 17/08/10 JAL MDA 5/2010 Kyrgyzstan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Republic of Moldova Reply Health; Torture Supuestas amenazas y ataques en un centro penitenciario. Según las informaciones 01/07/11 recibidas, la Jueza María Lourdes Afuini se encontraría detenida en el Instituto Nacional de Orientación Femenina desde el 18 de diciembre de 2009 en espera de ser juzgada, y su estado de salud de se habría deteriorado considerablemente durante los últimos meses. Según informes médicos esto se debería tanto al estado de ansiedad permanente por las constantes amenazas y ataques de los que habría sido víctima desde su ingreso en el mencionado centro penitenciario, como a las condiciones de detención que estaría soportando. Debido a las repetidas amenazas y ataques, desde su ingreso en el centro penitenciario, la Jueza Afuini se encontraría confinada en una celda del pabellón de admisión del centro penitenciario aislada las 24 horas del día sin poder salir a caminar, sin tener acceso a la luz del sol y sin poder asistir al servicio religioso ofrecido por el centro. La Sra. María Lourdes Afiuni fue objeto de comunicaciones anteriores, ver A/HRC/16/44/Add.1 para 2467. Freedom of religion; Torture 131 A/HRC/18/51 Alleged intimidation and assault of a member of the Church of Evangelical Christians of 12/10/10 Baptists. According to the information received, Mr. Grigori Djoltaili, a member of the 08/02/11 Church of Evangelical Christians of Baptists in Tvarditsa village, Taraclia County, was intimidated and physically assaulted by members of the majority Orthodox community in his village. On 12 July 2010, Mr. Djoltaili was approached by a person who used degrading terms and threatened to beat Mr. Djoltaili. On 15 July 2010, when Mr. Djoltaili left an Internet café, some persons reportedly followed him and threatened to beat him intensely and throw him into the local canal. On 20 July 2010, Mr. Djoltaili submitted a complaint to the prosecutor in Taraclia town. Following this complaint, the threats and attacks against him reportedly increased.