12/10/2012 JUA 12/10/2012 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted KAZ 6/2012 Kazakhstan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Torture; Alleged arrest and risk of extradition of an Uzbek citizen facing religious persecution in Uzbekistan. According to the information received, Mr. Makhset Abdullayevich Djabbarbergenov, an Uzbek citizen, converted to Christianity in 2000 and became an active house church leader in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan Republic. An arrest warrant was reportedly issued against him on 20 August 2007. Mr. Djabbarbergenov fled to Kazakhstan to avoid his arrest. On 26 February 2008, UNHCR granted refugee status to Mr. Djabbarbergenov, however this was reportedly revoked later by the Ministry of Migration of Kazakhstan. Mr. Djabbarbergenov appealed the decision but the appeal was allegedly rejected on a number of occasions. The case is now pending before the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, in February 2012 Mr. Djabbarbergenov was put on a wanted list of the Commonwealth of Independent States and an arrest warrant with a view to his extradition was issued against him. Reportedly, Mr. Djabbarbergenov was subsequently detained by police officers in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and is currently waiting for a decision regarding his extradition. PAK 11/2012 Pakistan Education; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Violence against women; Alleged assassination attempt against an advocate for girls‘ education by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). According to information received, on 9 October, 2012 two gunmen stopped the school bus in which Ms. Malala Yousafzai was returning home from school in Swat Valley, Pakistan, and shot her and two other girls, critically injuring Ms. Yousafzai. On 10 October, a spokesperson for the TTP claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement to national and international media, and indicated that if she survives, she, and others who preach ―secularism and so called enlightened modernism‖ will be targeted again. Reply A/HRC/22/67 120 Date Type

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