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07/04/11 RUS 5/2011
UA
Russian
Federation
Adequate
housing
Alleged threat of eviction of internally displaced persons. According to the information
20/05/11
received, on 3 March 2011, 14 families residing in former military barracks in the Ingush city
of Nazran received requests from local authorities to vacate the barracks within ten days.
These families belong to the ethnic Ingush group and were internally displaced following the
1992 conflict between Ossetians and Ingush which destroyed their homes. As a result of the
conflict, they had not been able to return home. The local administration had allegedly
threatened to call in the police if the families refused to vacate the barracks. Local
government authorities had reportedly indicated their intention to evict more people in the
region with no alternative accommodation offered.
07/04/11 SAU 3/2011
JUA
Saudi Arabia
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders
Alleged arrest and detention of human rights defender. According to the information
received, on 21 March 2011, Mr. Mohammad Salih al-Bajadi, a 30 year old businessman and
co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), was arrested at his
home in Buraidah in the province of al-Qassim, north of Riyadh. He was taken away by
uniformed security force agents and individuals in plain clothes, allegedly members of the
Ministry of Interior’s General Intelligence. On 20 March 2011, Mr. al-Bajadi had participated
in a protest in Riyadh, outside the offices of the Ministry of Interior. Reportedly, he posted
messages on Twitter prior to the protest. A number of protesters were allegedly arrested,
including some women, who were released after fingerprinting statements confirming that
they had attended the protest. The men who took part in the protest had allegedly been held in
detention.
07/04/11 UKR 4/2011
AL
Ukraine
Health
Alleged denial of adequate palliative care and medicines. According to the information
received, Mr. Oleg Malinovsky suffered from a series of different health conditions that
generated severe pain and left him almost immobilized. From August 2008 to March 2009,
the local hospital prescribed him morphine, which significantly reduced his pain. In
September 2009, Mr. Malinovsky again developed persistent and severe pain that prevented
him from engaging in any daily activity. However, the only pain medications Mr. Malinovsky
could take were over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), which
were insufficiently potent to control his pain. Mr. Malinovsky and his spouse repeatedly
asked for adequate pain medication but doctors allegedly refused to provide it. The chief
doctor of the Svyatoshinsky clinic held an ad-hoc meeting of physicians on 21 January 2010,
during which they concluded that stronger medications should be provided. No action was
reportedly taken to this effect.
A/HRC/18/51
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