28/08/2012
JUA
29/08/2012
JAL
Case No
Country
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Summary of the allegation transmitted
IRQ 3/2012
Iraq
02/11/2012
Arbitrary detention; Alleged risk of imminent execution and 21 executions carried out under
Summary executions; terrorism-related charges. According to the information received, Mr. Saleh
Terrorism; Torture; Musa Ahmed Mohammed Al Baydani, a Yemeni citizen detained in Iraq, is at
risk of imminent execution in Iraq. Following a trial in 2011 that allegedly did
not comply with international human rights law provisions of due process and
fair trial, he was sentenced to death under the charge of association with a
terrorist group, which is not considered as most serious crime under
international law. Moreover, Mr. Al Baydani was reportedly a minor at the
time of his arrest, and by consequence, at the time of the alleged commission
of crime. It is also reported that 21 persons were executed under terrorismrelated charges on 27 August 2012.
BRA 10/2012
Brazil
Freedom of
expression; Freedom
of peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged break-in of offices of human rights organization and theft of
confidential documents. According to the information received, on 11 July
2012, a member of Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais do Rio de Janeiro (GTNM/RJ)
received an anonymous telephone threat. On 19 July, the group's offices were
ransacked, during which confidential and sensitive documentation concerning
psychological care given to victims of torture was reportedly stolen. It is
alleged that other files were overturned, a computer was turned on and more
than R$1,500 in cash was stolen. Founded in 1985, GTNM/RJ supports
former victims of torture and works for the full implementation of the
National Truth Commission by campaigning for the opening of State archives
from the period of the military dictatorship.
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A/HRC/22/67
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