Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRQ 7/2011 17/11/2011 Iraq JUA Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged imminent execution of several individuals including Messrs. Yousri Fakher Mohamed Al Tariqi, Mohamed Fraj Fraj Allah, Adel Omar Mohamed Ali, Nasser Mubarak Mojib, Ibrahim Najm „Abboud, Firas Hassan Fleih al-Juburi, Fadhel Ibrahim al-Juburi, Haydar Mut‟eb „AbdelQader, Hikmat Fadhel Ibrahim, Sayyid Hamadi Ahmed and Sofian Jassem Mohammad. Mr. Yousri Fakher Mohamed Al Tariqi, a Tunisian, was arrested on 5 May 2006, and sentenced to death in 2010. Mr Mohamed Fraj Fraj Allah, a Libyan national, aged 28, was arrested in July 2005 and sentenced to death in March 2007. Mr Adel Omar Mohamed Ali, a Libyan national, aged 29, was arrested in June 2006 and subsequently sentenced to death. Mr Nasser Mubarak Mojib, of Saudi nationality, aged 24, was arrested in May 2008 and sentenced to death in March 2009. It is alleged that Messrs Yousri Fakher Mohamed Al Tariqi, Mohamed Fraj Fraj Allah, Adel Omar Mohamed Ali and Nasser Mubarak Mojib were subjected to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment during their pre-trial detention and were convicted on the basis of evidence extracted under torture. The death sentences of 53 people, including the abovementioned, were confirmed by the Iraqi Presidential Council on 20 October 2011. Additionally, on 16 June 2011, Messrs Ibrahim Najm „Abboud, Firas Hassan Fleih al-Juburi, Fadhel Ibrahim al-Juburi, Haydar Mut‟eb „Abdel-Qader, Hikmat Fadhel Ibrahim, Sayyid Hamadi Ahmed and Sofian Jassem Mohammad and eight other individuals were sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court. They were convicted after “confessions” from some of them were aired on the Iraqi Television Channel Al Iraqiya. The 15 men are said to be members of an armed group and were found guilty of, inter alia, murder and killings at a wedding party in a village near al-Taji, north of Baghdad, in June 2006. SRB 2/2011 17/11/2011 Serbia UA Adequate housing; Alleged imminent eviction of a Roma community in Novi Beogad by the Building Directorate of Serbia to build commercial housing on the side. According to the information received, some 27 Roma families (111 persons) in the Block 72, Novi Beograd face imminent eviction by the Building Directorate of Serbia and as of 16 November 2011, were given one day to vacate their houses. It is understood that 20 of these families are internally displaced persons from Kosovo, including 58 children. Reportedly the eviction process has already commenced with inspections being conducted and the issuance of building code violation notices to residents. Allegedly the process was initiated without prior consultation with the Roma community and no alternative accommodation would have been offered. In addition, the eviction would allegedly proceed despite the appeal to the Ombudsman who is seized with the matter. Reply A/HRC/19/44 141

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