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
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