Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 7/2011 09/09/2011 Pakistan JAL Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Violence against women; 12/09/2011 Alleged kidnapping, forced conversion and forced marriage. According to the information received, Ms. X, a 24-year-old nursing student at the Shiekh Zaid Medical College in Rahi Yar Khan, was kidnapped while at school. One of the alleged kidnappers, a Muslim bank clerk, allegedly forced Ms. X to convert from Christianity to Islam and later forced her to marry him. Ms. X was reportedly threatened, beaten and forced to sign a declaration stating that she freely converted to Islam. Ms. X‟s mother reportedly went to the local police station to file a report. The police officers allegedly refused to intervene on the justification that nothing could be done. Ms. X‟s mother was reportedly able to file a First Information Report against the perpetrators only after strong protests by the local Christian population. Subsequently, the family allegedly received threats from the police and the alleged kidnappers to convince them to drop the case. IND 17/2011 15/09/2011 India JAL 19/09/2011 Torture; Alleged abduction and gang rape of a woman by the military. According to the information Violence against received, Ms. X, a 32-year old woman from the Kulgam district of Kashmir, was abducted and women; gang raped by two army personnel from 19 to 21 July 2011. On 19 July 2011, Ms. X was allegedly forced by two army personnel carrying rifles and wireless sets to accompany them into the nearby Kadalbal forest where they confined her in a hut and reportedly raped her for two days. Before releasing her, the two men, later allegedly identified as being from the 62-Rashtriya Rifles, threatened her not to report the incident to anyone. PNG 2/2011 15/09/2011 Papua New JAL Guinea Torture; Alleged acts of violence on the basis of allegations of witchcraft. According to the information Violence against received, Ms. X was accused by her husband of killing his son and two of his brothers as a result women; of sorcery. On 3 October 2009, her husband reportedly publicly assaulted her and accused her of sorcery, hitting her repeatedly. Ms. X then allegedly left her house together with her two sons, and was rejected by her husband upon her return. In a similar case, Ms. Y was allegedly attacked on 7 September 2010 in Wormai village, 10 kms from Kundiwa town in Chimbu province for allegedly causing the death of her son through sorcery. Five sons of her husband‟s brother allegedly attacked her and forced a heated knife into her vagina. The case was allegedly reported to the police in Kundiawa with no actions taken to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. A/HRC/19/44 77

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