06/11/2012
UA
07/11/2012
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Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
NGA 4/2012
Nigeria
Summary executions; Alleged imposition of the death penalty on two prisoners on death row.
According to the information received, in October 2012, the Governor of Edo
State signed execution warrants of two prisoners on death row in Oko prison,
Benin City. Allegedly, the recent jailbreak in Oko prison, in which death row
inmates were involved, prompted the Governor‘s decision to sign the two
execution warrants. Moreover, it is alleged that the prisoners have not
officially been informed about the planned executions nor have the families of
the prisoners officially been contacted by the Benin City prison authorities. It
is further reported that they were convicted on charges of murder and
sentenced to death by hanging in January and June 1996, respectively. In
March 2010, the Nigerian NGO, Legal Defence and Assistance Project
(LEDAP), filed a domestic law suit on behalf of 826 inmates on death row,
including the two death row inmates whose execution warrants were recently
signed. It also reported that the Federal High Court granted an injunction
against their execution. However, it was later lifted. On 19 October, the NGO
filed a new suit at the Federal High Court on behalf of the two prisoners, the
decision on which is pending. In addition, it is alleged that there is a high risk
of execution before the appeal procedure is complete.
EGY 14/2012
Egypt
Torture;
Reply
29/11/2012
Alleged severe physical and psychological torture at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar
11/12/2012
Police Station in Cairo. According to the information received, on 4
September 2012, Mr. Mostafa Kamal Abul Magd, a 19 year-old university
student and Egyptian national, participated in a demonstration at the Syrian
Embassy in Cairo. It is alleged that during the demonstration, clashes broke
out between protesters and members of the Central Security Forces protecting
the embassy. The officers allegedly began dragging and beating him severely.
It is further alleged that the security forces then arrested Mr. Abul Magd and
14 others, bringing them to Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Police Station. Reportedly,
officers at the station proceeded to strip search, beat, and sexually assaulted
Mr. Abul Magd. It is also reported that Mr. Abul Magd was forced to sign a
document confessing that he attacked police officers and burned police
vehicles during the protest.
A/HRC/22/67
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