Date
Type
21/07/2015
JUA
22/07/2015
AL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
SRB 2/2015
Serbia
Adequate housing;
Internally
displaced persons;
Minority issues;
25/08/2015
Alleged imminent eviction of approximately 40 Roma households residing in the
informal settlement of Grmec in Zemun, Belgrade. According to the information
received, most of these families, estimated between 200 and 250 people, many of
them internally displaced from Kosovo, have been residing in the settlement since
1999, though most of them have not been able to officially register as residents of
Belgrade. Among the residents at risk of imminent eviction there are a high
number of children, including at least four infants, as well as two pregnant women.
No alternative accommodation or resettlement plan has been offered to them.
These 40 families face immediate eviction from their homes due to an eviction
order issued on 7 July 2015 by the Construction Inspectorate of the Municipality of
Zemun.
BRA 3/2015
Brazil
Summary
executions;
Allegations concerning the killing of a man by police in the city of Vitoria do
Mearim, State of Maranhão. According to the information received, on 28 May
2015, Mr. Iraldo Batalha, a mechanic, left his home on the back of a motorcycle
driven by a friend to watch a football game in Vitória do Mearim. At the entrance
of the city a military police control was however set up. Reportedly, when Mr.
Batalha and his friend passed the erected barrier, the police opened fire on them.
Mr. Batalha’s friend was reportedly shot once in the foot, while Mr. Batalha
himself was shot in his lower back and fell on the ground. It is reported that a
person dressed in boots and camouflage trousers subsequently approached Mr.
Batalha when he was lying unconscious on the ground, moved his face with his
foot and shot him twice. Two other men wearing bullet proof vests reportedly took
the body of Mr. Batalha and placed it into a vehicle belonging to the military
police. Serious concern is expressed at the murder of Mr. Batalha and at the reports
indicating that a civil servant of the city of Vitoria do Mearim might have
perpetrated this violent attack.
A/HRC/31/79
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