Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply KSV 1/2011 19/10/2011 Other JAL (UNMIK/ Kosovo) Summary executions; Trafficking; Alleged trafficking of Kosovo Albanians and Serbs for the purpose of removal of organs and sexual exploitation. According to the information received, between 100 and 300 people, predominantly Serbian men aged between 25 and 50, were abducted from Kosovo and taken to detention facilities in or near the towns of Kukes and Toropoje in northern Albania. Beginning in August 1999, some of the captives in the detention facility at Kukes, ranging between 24 and 100, were transferred to secondary detention facilities in central Albania and then to a makeshift clinic in the south of Burrel, Albania where they were killed and had their organs removed. In addition, a large number of women and girls were allegedly trafficked to work as prostitutes at different detention facilities and also at a house in Rripe, Albania. MWI 5/2011 19/10/2011 Malawi AL Summary executions; 25/10/2011 Alleged killing of a student activist. According to the information received, on 24 September 2011, the body of Mr. Robert Chasowa, a 25 year old engineering student and an active member of the student organization Youth for Freedom and Democracy, was found by a watchman of the Malawi Polytechnic campus. According to the initial report prepared by the police, Mr. Chasowa had committed suicide. An alleged suicide note was submitted and declared by the police. However, the post-mortem examination revealed that the injuries were mostly likely due to assault to the head with blunt instrument or instruments rather than a fall (suicidal or otherwise). MWI 6/2011 19/10/2011 Malawi JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged arbitrary detention of human rights defenders for their peaceful exercise of the freedoms of expression and assembly. According to the information received, on 14 October 2011, Messrs. Billy Mayaya, Ben Chiza Mkandawire and Brian Nyasulu, members of Forum for the Defence of Democracy and Ms. Habiba Rezwana Osman, a lawyer of the Norwegian Church Aid in Lilongwe, were arrested after making a public statement in front of the parliament building in the city centre of Lilongwe. In their statement, they allegedly called for early Presidential elections in Malawi. They also called for the resignation ofa Police Inspector General, and an investigation into his role in the recent murder of a student from the University of Malawi, Mr. Robert Chasowa. It is alleged that Messrs. Mayaya, Mkandawire, Nyasulu, and Ms. Osman had not been charged. Ms. Osman had been denied access to a lawyer and bail. After their arrest, the security services allegedly searched their homes. Reportedly, Ms. Osman may be charged with sedition and/or treason which are both capital offenses in Malawi. A/HRC/19/44 98 Date Type

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents