Case No Country ZWE 3/2011 01/06/2011 Zimbabwe JUA BHR 11/2011 09/06/2011 Bahrain JAL HND 5/2011 09/06/2011 Honduras JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Education; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Alleged arrest and detention of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 23 May 2011, Ms. Florence Ndlovu and Mr. Walter Dube, who both work for Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), were arrested as they were returning from the Tshino Business Centre in Tsholotsho, where the police had earlier on disrupted a workshop convened by ZimRights to raise awareness about torture and its effects. Ms. Ndlovu and Mr. Dube reportedly remained detained at Nyamandlovu police station in Matebeleland North province. Two of the lawyers who deal with their case were reportedly denied access to them. Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Fallecimiento de siete jóvenes en el contexto de hechos ocurridos alrededor de un operativo policial y el presunto asesinato de un Fiscal. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 25 de mayo de 2011, los cuerpos sin vida de siete jóvenes con signos de violencia aparecieron en un área próxima a la Colonia Ciudad Planeta, en el Municipio de la Lima. Se habría producido un enfrentamiento entre un contingente policial formado por agentes de la Policía Preventiva y la Dirección Nacional de Investigación Criminal y jóvenes vinculados a la pandilla “Mara 18”. El Fiscal a cargo de la Fiscalía Especial de Derechos Humanos en la ciudad de San Pedro Sula solicitó de oficio a la Policía Nacional información sobre los hechos. La actuación del Ministerio Público se sustentó en la existencia de varios testimonios que indicaban que no se habría producido ningún enfrentamiento en la Colonia Ciudad Planeta y que, antes de aparecer los cuerpos sin vida de varios jóvenes, las víctimas habrían sido buscadas en sus casas por personas que se identificaban como agentes policiales. En la tarde del día 27 de mayo de 2011, el Fiscal Raúl Enrique Reyes Carbajal habría sido asesinado con arma de fuego por tres individuos desconocidos cuando regresaba en coche a su casa después de la jornada laboral. Reply 25/07/2011 Alleged expulsion of university students following participation in protests. According to the information received, on 13 March 2011, peaceful protests took place on the campus at the University of Bahrain, Manama to commemorate a student who was killed during the recent social unrest. Forty protesters were allegedly asked to report to a university “investigation panel”. During the first two weeks of May 2011, the forty students reportedly received official expulsion letters signed by the president of the university on the basis of violations of the university‟s rules of conduct, including “causing any noise within the university campus” and “protesting against the legitimate institutions and agitating against national unity”. A/HRC/19/44 12 Date Type

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