Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted COL 9/2011 07/10/2011 Colombia JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Supuesto ataque y acusaciones públicas. Según las informaciones recibidas, en el año 2010, se habría hecho público que el Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) había circulado un memorándum interno dando instrucciones de torturar psicológicamente a la periodista Sra. Claudia Julieta Duque, la cual ha sido el sujeto de comunicaciones anteriores (ver A/HRC/13/22/Add.1 para. 511 & 567, A/HRC/10/12/Add.1 para 736, E/CN.4/2005/101/Add.1 para 168) y a su hija. En fechas recientes, ella habría sido informada de la planificación de un presunto ataque organizado por el Departamento de Inteligencia Militar. El 22 de agosto de 2011, un alto ex funcionario del Estado la habría acusado de ser simpatizante de terroristas y cómplice de grupos guerrilleros armadas luego de la publicación de un artículo en el Washington Post. En algunas redes sociales se habría declarado que sus artículos habrían sido escritos por la secretaría de la Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). NPL 2/2011 07/10/2011 Nepal JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Alleged restrictions on the freedom of religion or belief in the draft new constitution and the draft new penal code. According to the information received, proposals relating to religion or belief in the new constitution by the Constituent Assembly, if adopted in their current draft form, would seriously curtail the right to freedom of religion or belief. Reportedly, the current anti-conversion clause provides no space for religious conversion as being a positive choice. The proposals concerning offences related to religion for the new penal code are reportedly extremely broad and vague, and therefore open to abuse. GMB 1/2011 10/10/2011 Gambia JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged arrest, detention and subsequent sentencing of two lawyers on fabricated charges. According to the information received, on 19 September 2011, Mr. Moses Richards, a former High Court Judge and lawyer who worked on defending victims of human rights abuses, was convicted and sentenced to two years‟ imprisonment with hard labour at Mile II Central State on charges of “giving false information” and “sedition” reportedly based on a letter he wrote to the Sheriff of the High Court on his client‟s instructions. On 26 January 2011, it is reported that lawyer Mr. Lamin K. Mboge, a senior member of the Gambian Bar Association and a former magistrate, was remanded at the Mile II Central State prison charged with “making false documents without authority”, “false swearing” and “uttering false documents”, following a criminal complaint lodged concerning a lack of formal paperwork. Mr. Mboge denied the charges. Reply A/HRC/19/44 90 Date Type

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