Date
Type
30/03/2016
JAL
31/03/2016
JAL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
ISR 5/2016
Israel
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
BGR 1/2016
Bulgaria
Arbitrary
Alleged mistreatment of migrants and asylum seekers by law enforcement
detention; Health; authorities involving threats to their physical and mental integrity, excessive use
Migrants;
of force, summary returns in potential violation of the non-refoulement principle
Torture;
and due process guarantees, and systematic detention, including of children, in
overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. According to the information received,
between March and November 2015, at least 59 migrants have been returned from
Bulgaria to Turkey by Bulgarian law enforcement officers, often after having been
deprived of their personal belongings and after having been subjected to beatings.
Police dogs and fire-arms are allegedly used as a means of deterrence which
reportedly resulted in the death of an asylum seeker by a gun shot fired by a law
enforcement official in October 2015. Migrants, including children, getting caught
when crossing the border irregularly get systematically detained in centres in
overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, which could amount to ill-treatment.
Reply
Alleged extrajudicial execution of a Palestinian man by an Israeli soldier in
Hebron. According to the information received, on 24 March 2016, in Tel
Rumeida, Hebron, an Israeli soldier shot dead Mr. Abed al-Fatah al-Sharif, a
Palestinian man, who was lying on the ground severely wounded following his
alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier earlier on the same day. Israeli medical
personnel present at the scene failed to check his condition or to provide him with
treatment. Mr. Imad Abu Shamsiyyeh, the human rights defender who recorded the
alleged extrajudicial execution and handed it to B’Tselem, a human rights
organization, for its release, has received threats and fears reprisals against him and
his family. His identity and photographs of him have also been widely circulated in
the media.
31/05/2016
A/HRC/33/32
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