17/08/2012 JUA 21/08/2012 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ZWE 6/2012 Zimbabwe Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged arrest, detention and ill treatment of 44 members of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ). According to the information received, on 11 August 2012, the office of GALZ in Harare was raided by police. The raid followed a meeting earlier that afternoon to finalize the GALZ human rights report and discuss a submission relating to changes to the draft Constitution. According to reports, the police proceeded to beat the GALZ members arresting the 44 individuals who were on the premises at the time and taking them to Harare Central Police Station where the male detainees were allegedly subjected to beatings throughout the night. Whilst in detention the GALZ members were denied access to their legal representatives. All of those detained were released without charge the following morning with the exception of one man who was taken to hospital by the police after he collapsed in detention, while another man also suffered significant injuries to his ear and is purportedly receiving treatment. BGD 5/2012 Bangladesh Food; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Migrants; Racism; Water and Sanitation; Alleged negative human rights impacts stemming from the order to ban three 23/08/2012 humanitarian aid organizations from supporting unregistered Rohingya asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in and around unofficial camps in the Cox‘s Bazar district in south-eastern Bangladesh. According to information received, Médecins Sans Frontières, Action Contre la Faim and Muslim Aid UK received letters on 2 August 2012 from the NGO Affairs Bureau attached to the Office of the Prime Minister, asking them to cease their operations in the Cox‘s Bazar district (except in the two official camps, housing some 30,000 Rohingya, run by the Government and supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other partners). It is alleged that the cessation of the aid organizations‘ activities will not only seriously infringe on the human rights of the unregistered Rohingya asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants, but also have a significant impact on the large number of local people in the area who regularly access the services provided by the non-governmental organizations. A/HRC/22/67 80 Date Type