Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
COL 5/2012
10/05/2012 Colombia
JUA
Disappearances;
Freedom of expression;
Freedom of peaceful
assembly and of
association; Human
rights defenders;
22/05/2012
Presunta desaparición forzada. Según las informaciones recibidas, a las 3:30 de la
tarde del 18 de abril de 2012, el Sr. Hernán Henry Díaz habría comunicado a su
pareja sentimental por mensaje telefónico que estaba en el corregimiento de Puerto
Vega. Este mensaje sería la última noticia que se conocería del Sr. Díaz y, su destino
y paradero continuarían desconocidos. El Sr. Díaz es Vicepresidente de la
Asociación Campesina del Sur Oriente de Putumayo (ACSOMAYO), integrante de
la Mesa Departamental de Organizaciones Sociales, Campesinas, Afro
descendientes e Indígenas del Departamento de Putumayo, miembro de la
Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO) y dirigente
del movimiento de la “Marcha Patriótica”.
PSE 3/2012
10/05/2012 Occupied
UA
Palestinian
Territory
Freedom of expression; Alleged detention and harassment of individuals who have expressed criticism of
Palestinian officials. According to information received, Mr. Yusef al-Shayeb,
correspondent for the Jordanian daily Al-Ghad, has been detained and interrogated
for an article he wrote regarding alleged corrupt practices at the Delegation of
Palestine in Paris. Mr. Tarek Kahmis, reporter for Zaman press, was allegedly
detained and interrogated after he posted comments on Facebook to condemn the
arrest of Mr. Yusef al-Shayeb. Ms. Esmat Abdel Khalik, a university lecturer in
journalism at Al Quds University, has been detained and interrogated for posts and
comments posted on her Facebook page, including a call for the dissolution of the
Palestinian Authority.
CYP 1/2012
11/05/2012 Cyprus
UA
Freedom of religion;
Alleged imminent deportation of a woman of the Bahá‟í faith and her daughter from 30/05/2012
Cyprus to the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, Ms.
X and her daughter, Iranian citizens, applied for refugee status in Cyprus on 14
October 2010. Reportedly, Ms. X‟s application was rejected twice and her case was
appealed to the Supreme Court, where the hearing was expected to take place on 14
May 2012. Ms. X was a Muslim who converted to Bahá‟í faith in Cyprus in
December 2010. Following her conversion, her deportation to the Islamic Republic
of Iran could risk her facing severe punishment under the Iranian Apostasy Law and
losing custody of her daughter as her ex-husband‟s family threatened.
A/HRC/21/49
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