Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MNG 1/2012 21/05/2012 Mongolia JAL Freedom of expression; Alleged arbitrary detention of the former President of Mongolia. According to the Independence of judges information received, on 13 April 2012, Mr. Enkhbayar Nambar, 53 years old, and lawyers; former President of Mongolia and Chairman of the Mongolian People‟s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), was taken into custody in Tuv Aimag Prison on charges of corruption, without the issuance of a proper court order and with restricted and monitored access to his legal counsel. It is alleged that the former President went on a hunger strike on 4 May and that his health deteriorated, requiring his transfer to a hospital. He was reportedly released on bail on 14 May and ended his hunger strike. ETH 3/2012 22/05/2012 Ethiopia JUA Adequate housing; Arbitrary detention; Indigenous peoples; Minority issues; Summary executions; Alleged incidents of violence, including against members of the Anywa community and the deteriorating security situation in the Gambella region following the involuntary displacement of communities from the region. According to the information received, recent violent incidents in the region have been triggered by the forced displacement of the minority/indigenous people of Gambella from their traditional territories which they have inhabited for centuries, in order to make way for agro business enterprises supported by the Government. Reportedly, in a series of events between February and May 2012, military forces have killed, injured, detained, or taken to unknown locations dozens of civilians, including Anywa people living in the Gambella region in general and in Abobo Woreda district in particular. These events were allegedly carried out in retaliation for killings by unknown gunmen of two police officers and numerous civilians. Several of these incidents were allegedly carried out in or around camps of Saudi Star Agro Plc., one of the two biggest foreign investors in the region. CAN 1/2012 24/05/2012 Canada JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 23/07/2012 Allégations de restrictions arbitraires au droit de réunion pacifique et de l‟usage disproportionné de la force contre des manifestants dans le contexte de mobilisations d‟étudiants à Montréal, Québec; et allégations de nouvelles lois portant indûment atteinte aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d‟association. Selon les informations reçues, de nombreuses manifestations d‟étudiants tenues à Montréal et dans sa région, depuis le 13 févier 2012, auraient fait l‟objet d‟un usage excessif de la force par la police. De plus, il est rapporté l‟adoption d‟un règlement municipal apportant des modifications au règlement de la ville de Montréal et d‟une loi adoptée par l‟Assemblée Nationale du Québec (no. 78), le 18 mai 2012, qui contiendraient de nombreuses dispositions en contradiction avec les standards internationaux relatifs aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d‟association. A/HRC/21/49 48 Date Type