Date Type 15/06/2012 JAL 15/06/2012 JUA 15/06/2012 UA Case No Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ISR 6/2012 Israel Adequate housing; Human rights defenders; Alleged summoning for questioning in connection with the rebuilding of demolished homes in East Jerusalem. According to the information received, Mr. Meir Margalit was summoned by the State Prosecutor to the Interior Ministry‘s Building Inspection Branch for questioning on suspicion of building without a permit. It is alleged that the summons may be linked to Mr. Margalit‘s efforts to halt demolitions. Mr. Margalit is a founding member of the Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions (ICAHD), an organization which rebuilds homes that have been demolished by the State of Israel in East Jerusalem. KGZ 2/2012 Kyrgyz Republic Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 14/08/2012 Alleged arbitrary detention and torture. According to the information received, on 30 March 2012, six men armed with submachine guns broke into Mr. X‘s apartment and took Mr. X and his pregnant wife to the Osh Oblast Interior Department. It is reported that Mr. X was beaten by ten operativeinvestigative officers. Mr. X had reportedly signed a testimony and was instructed to give the same account at the trial. Neither Mr. X‘s lawyer nor his relatives were allowed to see him until five days after his detention. On 4 April 2012, Mr. X‘s lawyer documented multiple injuries in different parts of his body. A forensic examination that performed by the head of the Forensic Bureau established that the bodily injuries correspond to the allegations and could have been caused by beating. On 14 April 2012, the Osh Oblast Prosecutor‘s Office turned down Mr. X‘s lawyer‘s request to open a criminal case into the allegations of torture and mistreatment. LBY 1/2012 Libya Arbitrary detention; Alleged arbitrary detention in Libya of staff members of the International Criminal Court. According to the information received, Mrs. Melinda Taylor, Mr. Alexander Khodakov, Mr. Esteban Peralta Losilla and Ms. Helene Assaf, were detained in Libya since 7 June 2012 in the context of an official visit pursuant to a decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber I in Prosecutor v. Saif Al Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al Senussi (ICC-01/11-01/11-129). It is alleged that they were not presented with an arrest warrant nor any other decision by a public authority. It is further alleged that they were not informed of the reasons for their detention; they had limited access to the outside world and have not been able to seek consular assistance. 19 A/HRC/22/67 Country

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