15/08/2012 JUA 15/08/2012 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted KEN 1/2012 Kenya Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alleged threats against human rights defenders, including death threats and surveillance. According to the information received, Ms Edah Wangechi Maina, Vice President of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Director of Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped (KSMH), began to receive anonymous death threats and threats to kidnap her daughter in March 2011, following a demonstration held by KSMH to protest against alleged violations of the rights of people with disabilities and corruption in the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development. It is reported that Mr. Prabhudas Damji Pattni, Secretary General of KSMH and the Hindu Council of Africa, Mr. David Macharia Wanjama, Chairperson of Disabled Voters of Kenya Alliance, and Ms. Josphine Aska, Director of the Central Region Deaf Network received threats and were followed by unknown individuals prior to and during the broadcasting of a documentary by Kenya Television Network on 28 and 29 July 2012, which exposed alleged corruption in the organization United Disabled Persons of Kenya. On 9 and 10 August 2012, during a meeting of trustees of the NCPD, Ms. Edah Wangechi Maina was reportedly identified as the leader of a group demanding accountability of funds and denouncing corruption in the disability rights sector. It is alleged that during the meeting, a plan to murder Ms. Maina was made. PAN 6/2012 Panama Freedom of expression; Alegaciones del bloqueo a la sede del diario La Prensa de Panamá. Según las informaciones recibidas,el 2 de agosto de 2012, a eso de las 10:00 por la noche, trabajadores de la empresa constructora Transcaribe Trading (TCT), se habrían bloqueado la sede del diario La Prensa por tres horas y media con más de 20 camiones remolques. Se alega que el bloqueo habría sido en represalia por denuncias y críticas que el periódico habría hecho sobre irregularidades en los contratos entre la empresa y el Ministerio de Obras Públicas. Según se informa, el bloqueo habría impedido inicialmente la distribución de los diarios, y los camiones habrían sido removidos después de que varios funcionarios, entre ellos el presidente de Panamá, el Sr. Ricardo Martinelli, habrían intercedidos ante los manifestantes cuando les habría pedido que depusieran su actitud. Reply A/HRC/22/67 74 Date Type