Date
Type
Case No
Country
Summary of the allegation transmitted
AGO 2/2012
03/05/2012 Angola
JAL
Migrants; Violence
against women;
Alleged mass deportations of Congolese nationals from Angola to the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), and the serious violations of their human rights in the
expulsion process. According to the information received, in March 2012, over
seven thousand DRC nationals were expelled from Angola, under degrading
conditions, which included sexual violence against women. Allegedly, four DRC
nationals who were detained by the Angolan authorities died of asphyxiation whilst
awaiting deportation. These allegations follow up from on-going concern about the
mass expulsions of migrants from Angola, and have been subject to investigations
by the African Commission on Human and Peoples‟ Rights, UN Special
Rapporteurs (see A/HRC/18/51, case no AGO 1/2011) and the Special
Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
ROU 1/2012
03/05/2012 Romania
JUA
Adequate housing;
Minority issues;
Racism;
Alleged imminent forced evictions of approximately 300 Roma families from the
settlements of Craica, Garii and Piritia in Baia Mare. According to the information
received, around two thousand Roma residents of the settlements Craica, Garii and
Pirita, in Baia Mare are to be forcefully evicted from their homes. Allegedly, the
Baia Mare authorities have offered to relocate the affected communities to a former
office building of an industrial factory. It is reported that families who have refused
to relocate to this site, have not been offered an alternative relocation solution. The
housing situation of Roma communities in Baia Mare was the subject of an earlier
communication (see A/HRC/19/44, case no ROU 1/2011).
SAU 7/2012
03/05/2012 Saudi Arabia
JUA
Arbitrary detention;
Freedom of expression;
Freedom of peaceful
assembly and of
association; Human
rights defenders;
Independence of judges
and lawyers;
Allegations of acts of intimidation, excessive use of force and arbitrary detention
against individuals exercising peacefully their rights to freedom of association, of
peaceful assembly and of expression. According to the information received, on 10
April 2012, Mr. Mohammed Salih Al-Bajady was convicted of, inter alia, being a
member of the human rights NGO Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, and
calling on the families of political detainees to protest and hold sit-ins. In late March
2012, prosecutors reportedly imposed a foreign travel ban on human rights activists
Mr. Muhammad Fahd al-Qahtani, Mr. Walid Abu al-Khair and Mr. Mukhlif
Shammari for “security reasons.” On 10 March 2012, a sit-in at the University of
King Khalid in Abha was allegedly met with excessive use of force. On 13 March
2012, the court hearing related to the case of Mr. Fadhil Ali Al- Sulaiman, who was
charged with demonstrating, resisting arrest and injuring the security forces in
relation to his participation in two peaceful assemblies in Hofuf in March 2011, was
postponed.
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A/HRC/21/49
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