Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Disappearances; Alleged enforced disappearance. According to the information received, on 21 September 2011, Human rights Mr. Qussai Abdelraouf Nasser, country representative for the Palestinian Human Rights defenders; Foundation since 2007, was walking away from the Al Baladyat neighbourhood when a black Chevrolet car stopped beside him. Three men wearing the black-coloured uniform of the Ministry of Interior forces reportedly forced Mr. Nasser into the car and drove away to an unknown location. Two cars from the Iraqi Police were reportedly present at the time, but did not react. In september 2011 Mr. Nasser had documented violations of Palestinian refugees in the Al Baladyat neighbourhood by the military and police forces (under the control of the Ministry of Interior). MWI 4/2011 10/10/2011 Malawi JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alleged arson attacks and arrest. According to the information received, on 3 September 2011, a 17/10/2011 petrol bomb was reportedly thrown into the front room of Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) offices in Blantyre. Sensitive files and documents were allegedly destroyed in the fire. On 10 September 2011, the home of the national coordinator of the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), Reverend MacDonald Sembereka in Balaka was allegedly set on fire. On 20 September 2011, it is reported that the home of Mr. Black Moses, student and President of the Youth for Freedom and Democracy, was raided by police and he was arrested and taken to an unknown location. On 25 September 2011, some fifteen individuals reportedly armed with machetes and one with a gun stormed into the yard of Mr. Peter Chinoko, a human rights activist who works at the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and the subject of a previous communication ( see above case no. MWI 3/2011). Mr. Chinoko and his family reportedly rushed into the house to seek safety at which point the perpetrators tried to break into the home of the human rights defender but failed to do so. DZA 4/2011 11/10/2011 Algérie JAL Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 11/01/2012 Recrudescence alléguée d‟actes de harcèlement judicaire contre les membres de la Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l‟Homme (LADDH) et des syndicalistes autonomes. Selon les informations reçues, le 31 mai 2011, M. Kamel Eddine Fekhar, membre du Conseil national de la LADDH aurait été acquitté par la Cour Criminelle de Ghardaïa dans l‟affaire où il était accusé d‟«incitation à mettre le feu à une voiture de police», suite à la rétraction de témoins, ayant apparemment été forcés de témoigner sous la contrainte. M. Yacine Zaid, syndicaliste président du bureau de la LADDH de Laghouat basé à Hassi Messaoud, aurait été licencié par son employeur après avoir établi une section syndicale et cinq procès sont en cours contre lui. M. Omar Farouk Slimani aurait été arrêté lors d‟un contrôle d‟identité effectué le 7 janvier 2011, au moment d‟événements violents en janvier 2011 dans lesquels il n‟aurait pas participé. Il aurait été libéré après 48 heures de garde à vue et une présentation devant le juge d‟instruction. LADDH a été l‟objet de trois communications antérieures (voir E/CN.4 /2005/101/Add.1, para 5, 7 & 9). 91 A/HRC/19/44 IRQ 5/2011 10/10/2011 Iraq JUA

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