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.
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