23/07/2012 JUA 24/07/2012 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PRT 1/2012 Portugal Adequate housing; Extreme poverty; Minority issues; 24/07/2012 According to information received, in the settlement of Bairro de Santa 11/09/2012 Filomena, located in Amadora, 85 families (280 individuals) were living under the threat of imminent eviction without having been provided with adequate alternative housing options. The inhabitants were notified of demolitions starting 17 July 2012, and others were scheduled for 19 and 25 July. Furthermore inhabitants were notified by the Municipal Council that they must leave their homes before the end of the month with no indication of a specific date. Half the families have been living in the neighbourhood for over ten years and several families have been living in the settlement for two to three decades. Rehousing alternatives proposed by the Municipal Council – either alternative housing for a selected number of families or social security support for a short period to rent elsewhere - are allegedly inadequate and unacceptable to the inhabitants. Inhabitants were allegedly notified that the demolition would happen with or without their cooperation and with police intervention if necessary. BHR 6/2012 Bahrain Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; 24/08/2012 Alleged arbitrary detention, sentencing and trial of a human rights defender. According to the information received, on 9 July 2012, Mr. Nabeel Rajab, Director of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), President of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), was forcibly arrested at his house by police officers after the Court sentenced him to three months imprisonment on charges of alleged libeling of the residents of the town of Al Muharraq through comments posted on his Twitter account on 2 June 2012. It is reported that his detention may be related to his comments and statements expressed through Twitter, in which he was criticizing the Prime Minister of Bahrain who was visiting the town of Muharraq, and that the libel case against Mr. Nabeel Rajab was allegedly filed in the name of Muharraq residents by persons who are part of or affiliated with the Government. A/HRC/22/67 52 Date Type