Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 14/09/10 KHM 3/2010 JUA Cambodia Cambodia; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers Alleged unfair trial and conviction of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 30 August 2010 Mr. Leang Sokchouen, staff member of the human rights NGO LICADHO, Mr. Tach Vannak and Mr. Tach Le were sentenced to two years prison and a fine. Another defendant, Mr. Tach Khong Phoung, was allegedly tried in absentia and sentenced to three years imprisonment. Mr. Leang Sokchouen and others were reportedly accused of distributing anti-Government fliers in Takeo Province. The trial was reportedly marked by a number of deficiencies that would indicate that the defendants did not enjoy a fair trial, and the Court reportedly did not examine whether the distribution of the leaflets constituted a crime in the first place. 16/09/10 CHL 2/2010 UA Chile Indigenous peoples Supuesta huelga de hambre por presos mapuche. Según la información recibida, 34 personas mapuche en diversos centros de la región del Bío Bío y la Araucanía estarían participando en una huelga de hambre desde el 12 de julio de 2010. Los presos mapuche en huelga de hambre habrían demandado al Estado el término de la aplicación de la ley antiterrorista en causas que les involucran, el término del procesamiento de presos mapuche por la justicia militar, la desmilitarización de las zonas mapuche, y la restitución de tierras ancestrales mapuche. 58 personas mapuche o simpatizantes al pueblo mapuche habrían sido procesadas o condenadas bajo la ley antiterrorista por hechos de protesta vinculados a la reivindicación de derechos por tierras o de derechos políticos. Véase las observaciones del Relator Especial sobre esto caso en A/HRC15/37.Add.1, parrs 145-165 y la carta de seguimiento enviada por el Relator Especial el 5 de octubre de 2010. 15/10/10 BGD 9/2010 JAL Bangladesh Migrants; Sale of children; Slavery; Trafficking Alleged sale of children for forced labour in mines. According to the information received, an 29/10/10 estimated 70,000 bonded child labourers from Nepal and Bangladesh work at the so-called “rat mines” of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya State, India. In most cases, the children are allegedly purchased by middlemen or abducted or sold by gangs in Nepal and Bangladesh to the mining mafia in Meghalaya. The working conditions at the mines are allegedly hazardous, unhygienic, cruel and inhuman. Deaths of children due to the unsafe working conditions are reportedly common, and often remain unreported. The children reportedly live in huts made with plastic sheets and there is a lack of safe drinking water and proper sewage system. Allegedly, girls are also often bought by the mine owners and subject to sexual exploitation. There is also information suggesting that some children are trafficked further from the mines to other places for sexual exploitation. A/HRC/18/51 148 Date Type