Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted COL 6/2012 30/05/2012 Colombia JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Violence against women; Presuntas amenazas de muerte, seguimientos y agresiones en contra de defensores de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, el primero de mayo, el Padre Alberto Franco, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP), habría sido seguido por hombres que se trasladaban en motocicleta. El 8 de mayo, el Sr. Danilo Rueda, un abogado de la CIJP, también habría sido seguido. Además, el 7 de mayo de 2012, un individuo no identificado habría disparado un arma de fuego hacia el interior de las oficinas de „Women‟s Link Worldwide‟ (WLW). El disparo habría roto el cristal de seguridad justo arriba de la cabeza de la Sra. Mónica Roa, directora de programa de WLW. También se informa que dos comunicados habrían sido publicados en el mes de mayo que amenazarían a varios defensores de derechos humanos y organizaciones de derechos humanos, uno en el nombre del grupo paramilitar „Los Rastrojos – Comandos Urbanos‟, y el otro en el nombre del grupo paramilitar „Águilas Negras – Bloque Capital‟. CYP 2/2012 30/05/2012 Cyprus JUA Arbitrary detention; Torture; Alleged imminent deportation from Cyprus to the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, following persecution, harassment and subsequent arrest and secret detention, Mr. Morteza Kazemian, aged 46, and his family fled from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Cyprus, where upon arrival they applied for asylum status. After having their application for asylum rejected by immigration authorities of Cyprus, on an unknown date, Mr. Kazemian was provided with a letter informing him and his family to leave the country within 75 days. Fearing deportation, Mr. Kazemian‟s wife Soheila Sadeghdoost, aged 46, and daughter Marjan Kazemian, aged 21, fled to the United Kingdom but were subsequently sent back to Cyprus and arrested upon their return on 20 February 2012. Mr. Kazemian and his son, aged 15, were later reportedly arrested by the members of police in Cyprus and taken to Larnaca detention centre. The family remained detained in Larnaca detention centre and was reportedly facing imminent deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Reply A/HRC/21/49 52 Date Type

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