Date Type 28/06/2012 JUA 28/06/2012 JUA 28/06/2012 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted GTM 5/2012 Guatemala Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Violence against women; 07/08/2012 Presunto atentado contra la vida de una defensora de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 13 de junio de 2012, aproximadamente 12/09/2012 a las 6.30 de la tarde, la Sra. Telma Yolanda Oquelí Veliz del Cid viajaba sola 18/10/2012 en coche desde la Aldea La Puya hacia San José El Golfo cuando se habría encontrado con dos hombres a bordo de una motocicleta. Se informa que uno de los hombres habría sacado un arma de fuego y habría disparado cuatro veces. Uno de los tiros habría impactado a la Sra. Yolanda Oquelí. La Sra. Yolanda Oquelí es una de las activistas más visibles de la iniciativa comunitaria de San José del Golfo y San Pedro Ayampu, un movimiento de vecinos que defiende su territorio y el medio ambiente ante la expansión minera en San José del Golfo y San Pedro Ayampuc en el Departamento de Guatemala. IRQ 1/2012 Iraq Arbitrary detention; Follow-up communication on alleged imminent executions in violation of Summary executions; safeguards applicable to deprivation of liberty and to the imposition of capital punishment. According to the information received, Mssrs. Abed Hamoud, Tariq Aziz and Sadoun Shakir were convicted for participating in the killings of opposition political activists during the rule of Mr. Saddam Hussein, and subsequently sentenced to death by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT), in respect of which there were serious concerns regarding its independence. Mr. Abed Hamoud was reportedly executed by hanging on 7 June 2012. Should the death sentences against Mssrs. Tariq Aziz and Sadoun Shakir be confirmed by the court of appeals, they could be executed at any time. Mssrs. Abed Hamoud, Tariq Aziz and Sadoun Shakir were the subjects of a previous communication (see A/HRC/17/28/Add.1, p. 205). MMR 3/2012 Myanmar Myanmar; 29 A/HRC/22/67 Alleged arrest and incommunicado detention of five staff members of United Nations agencies. According to the information received, on 14 June 2012, a male Muslim staff member was arrested in Buthidaung and two male Muslim staff members were arrested by the border security force in Maungdaw. On 16 June 2012, a female Muslim staff member was arrested by military intelligence officers in Yangon. Her husband and two-year-old child were allegedly taken into custody. A male Muslim staff member was arrested by the police in Maungdaw. Reply

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