21/09/2012 JUA 21/09/2012 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SLV 3/2012 El Salvador Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; 27/11/2012 Alegación de una amenaza de muerte contra un sacerdote que trabaja en proyectos de rehabilitación con ex miembros de pandillas. Según se informa, el 5 de septiembre de 2012, el sacerdote Antonio Rodríguez López (―padre Toño‖) habría recibido de una fuente fiable en San Salvador, El Salvador, el aviso de que existe un complot para asesinarlo. El 7 de septiembre, a eso de las 11:45 a.m., mientras el sacerdote Antonio Rodríguez López caminaba hacia su despacho habría observado un coche gris con los cristales oscuros aparcado a un lado de la calle. El conductor habría bajado su ventanilla y le habría dicho al sacerdote: ―te van a matar‖. Se le ha impuesto medidas de emergencia por 10 días a partir del 15 de septiembre mientras se realizan las investigaciones respectivas. Se alega que una semana antes de las amenazas el sacerdote Antonio Rodríguez López habría criticado públicamente la actual tregua alcanzada entre dos pandillas habiendo figurado el sacerdote Rodríguez, desde hace meses, como una voz crítica a las políticas de seguridad pública del Estado. LBR 1/2012 Liberia Mercenaries; Alleged violation of the right of peoples to self-determination in the context Summary executions; of Liberian mercenaries‘ attacks on civilians in Côte d‘Ivoire. According to the information received, Liberian mercenaries have been involved in attacks against civilians in Côte d‘Ivoire, along the border with Liberia. On 13 April 2011, Liberian authorities captured in eastern Liberia a Liberian mercenary, Mr X, who allegedly helped to orchestrate two massacres in Côte d‘Ivoire. Mr X reportedly acknowledged that he was hired as a mercenary to fight in support of the previous government of Laurent Gbagbo. Despite this admission, Mr. X was released on bail by the Monrovia Circuit Court on 1 February 2012. In January 2012, Liberian police arrested 73 Ivorians and one Liberian person identified as a mercenary recruiter near Liberia‘s border with Côte d‘Ivoire, suspected of planning an attack on Côte d‘Ivoire. Reportedly, all detainees were released on 20 February 2012. On 24 April 2012, a group of approximately 20 Ivorian and Liberian men attacked the Ivorian village of Sakré. Seven civilians were killed, two were injured, several houses were destroyed and more than 3000 civilians fled to nearby villages. Reportedly, Ivorian forces managed to capture four Ivorian attackers. In June 2012, seven UN peacekeepers were killed in Côte d‘Ivoire by unidentified militia fighters near the Liberian border. It has been alleged that mercenaries were involved in the attack. A/HRC/22/67 104 Date Type

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