Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
PAK 6/2011
05/07/2011 Pakistan
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Summary
executions;
11/07/2011
Alleged abduction and killing of journalist. According to the information received, on 27 May
06/07/2011
2011, Mr. Syed Saleem Shahzad, an Islamabad-based investigative journalist for the online
newspaper Asia Times, published the first of a two-part investigative report regarding alleged
links between al-Qaeda and Pakistani naval officials. Mr. Shahzad was last seen on 29 May. His
brother-in-law reportedly went to the Markaz district police station to report him missing on 30
May. On 31 May, Mr. Shahzad‟s body was discovered in an abandoned car, reportedly bearing
visible signs of torture. Mr. Shahzad had reportedly previously complained of threats by the
Pakistani military‟s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for his reporting on the links between the ISI
and al-Qaeda.
PNG 1/2011
05/07/2011 Papua New
AL
Guinea
Summary
executions;
Alleged pattern of killings on allegations of sorcery. According to the information received, Mr.
Mondo Umba from Parua was killed by a mob in Kafana Village in Goroka District of Eastern
Highlands Province. A mob allegedly entered the house of Mr. Umba accusing him of sorcery,
dragged him out of his house and killed him with an axe. Furthermore, a 60-year-old woman was
allegedly stoned to death in Gembogl district Kundiawa, Chimbu Province, accused of killing a
seven-year-old boy through sorcery. Two brothers were allegedly killed in Gembogl district
Kundiawa, Chimbu Province, accused of causing another man‟s death through sorcery. An
elderly woman was allegedly stoned to death by a mob who accused her of practicing sorcery.
The incident occurred at the foothill of Mount Wilhelm, Kundiawa, Chimbu Province. A man
accused of sorcery was allegedly killed in Raicoast district, Madang Province. Villagers in
Munum village, Morobe Province reportedly burned their councillor to death on allegations of
sorcery. The victim had been accused of causing the death of a woman and a teenage girl.
BRA 3/2011
06/07/2011 Brazil
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Alleged killings of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 24 May
2011, Mr. José Cláudio Ribeiros da Silva and Ms. Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva, leaders of
Projeto Agroextrativista Praialta-Piranheira and members of the Conselho Nacional das
Populaçoes Extrativistas, were ambushed and shot by unknown individuals. They had reportedly
received death threats in the past, reportedly from loggers and cattle ranchers. On 27 May 2011,
Mr. Adelino Dinho Ramos, coordinator of the Movimiento Campones Corumbiara, was
reportedly shot dead in Porto Vehlo, Rodondia. The killing of Erenilto Pereira dos Santos, which
reportedly took place on 28 May 2011, may allegedly be linked to the killing of Mr. Ribeiros da
Silva and Ms. Espírito Santo da Silva, as it is believed that he may have witnessed the incident.
The aforementioned killings reportedly took place in the context of a Congressional debate
regarding amendments to Brazil‟s Forest Code.
A/HRC/19/44
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