05/07/2012
JAL
05/07/2012
JUA
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
BRA 7/2012
Brazil
Freedom of
expression; Freedom
of peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders; Summary
executions;
Alleged killing of human rights defenders. According to the information
received, Messers. Almir Nogueira de Amorim and João Luiz Telles Penetra
left Rio de Janeiro on 22 June 2012 to go fishing in Guanabara Bay. Their
bodies were found in Guanabara Bay on 24 and 25 June respectively. Mr.
Telles Penetra‘s body was found bound by his hands and feet. Mr. Nogueira
de Amorim‘s body was found tied to his boat with bruises on his neck and
holes in the hull of the boat. Messrs. Nogueira de Amorim and Telles Penetra
were both leading members of the Associação Homens do Mar – AHOMAR
(Association of Sea Men), set up in 2009 to defend the rights of the fisherfolk working in Rio de Janeiro, in particular those affected by the planned
construction of a gas pipeline by the oil company Petrobras in Guaxindiba
river.
ITA 1/2012
Italy
Adequate housing;
Minority issues;
Racism;
Alleged imminent forced eviction of approximately 350 Roma people from
the Tor de‘ Cenci camp in Rome. According to information received, over
350 people of Roma ethnicity are facing eviction from the Tor de‘ Cenci
camp in Rome, where they have been living for up to 16 years. The camp was
opened by local authorities in 1995 in an area offering adequate services to
residents. Authorities planned to complete the eviction by 10 July 2012 and to
resettle the Roma families in a new camp called La Barbuta, located in an
isolated area next to Ciampino airport. Reportedly local authorities plan to use
the camp exclusively to house Roma families currently living in different
camps in Rome. Consultations with the Roma residents were reportedly
inadequate and no alternative options to relocation to La Barbuta camp were
ever discussed. Furthermore, La Barbuta camp was built in 2011 using special
powers granted under the so-called ―Nomad Emergency‖, which was ruled
unlawful by the Council of State in November 2011.
Reply
A/HRC/22/67
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