Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 31/03/11 LBY 4/2011 JUA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions Alleged attacks against journalists. According to the information received, the following 14 journalists had either disappeared or were reported to be in the custody of the Government, but their fate and whereabouts remained unknown: Mr. Ahmand Val Wald-Eddin (or Vall Ould Addin or Vall Ould el-Dine), Al-Jazeera correspondent, national of Mauritania; Mr. Lufti Al-Massoudi (or Lotfi al-Messaoudi), Al-Jazeera correspondent, national of Tunisia; Mr. Ammar Al-Hamdan, Al-Jazeera cameraman and photographer, national of Norway; Mr. Kamil Al-Tallou (or Kamel Atalua), Al-Jazeera cameraman, national of the United Kingdom; Mr. Dave Clark, aged 38, reporter with Agence France-Presse; Mr. Joe Raedle, photographer at Getty Images; Mr. Roberto Schmidt, aged 45, reporter with Agence France-Presse; Mr. Atef al-Atrash, contributor to local news outlets; Mr. Mohamed al-Sahim, blogger and critical political writer; Mr. Mohamed al-Amin, cartoonist; Mr. Idris al-Mismar, writer and former editor-in-chief of Arajin, a monthly culture magazine; Ms. Salma al-Shaab, head of the Libyan Journalists Syndicate; Mr. Suad al-Turabouls, correspondent for the pro-government Al-Jamahiriya; and Mr. Stéphane Lehr, photographer at Polaris Images, national of France. In addition, Mr. Ali Hassan Al-Jaber, cameraman of Al-Jazeera, was reportedly killed in an ambush on 12 March 2011 as he was returning from Benghazi, and Mr. Mohamed AlNabbous, Libyan blogger and journalist with the TV station Libya Al-Hurra was shot dead on 19 March 2011, as he was providing live commentary regarding recent developments in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 31/03/11 UKR 3/2011 AL Ukraine Torture Alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment. According to the information received, on 27 January 2011, Mr. Dirar Abusisi, a Jordanian national born in 1969, left Gaza with his Ukrainian wife and their youngest son to move to Ukraine. On 18 February, while travelling by train from Kharkov to Kiev, Mr. Abusisi was reportedly approached by police officers, locked in one of the train’s carriages and subsequently removed from the train. He was later met by a group of men who introduced themselves as agents of the Israeli Mossad (intelligence service). Mr. Abusisi was reportedly interrogated blindfolded with his hands and legs shackled. He was allegedly asked questions about the whereabouts of an Israeli soldier. Soon afterwards, Mr. Abusisi was allegedly put on an airplane and flown to Israel, where he was detained at a General Security Service interrogation center in Ashkelon. Mr. Abusisi’s brother reportedly tried to file a complaint with transport police about his brother’s disappearance, but Ukrainian police officers allegedly ignored his requests. Reply A/HRC/18/51 82 Date Type

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