Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 5/2011 10/05/2011 United JUA States of America Cultural Rights; Freedom of religion; Indigenous peoples; Alleged imminent desecration and destruction of ceremonial and burial site.According to the 22/11/2011 information received, Sogorea Te, now located within the city of Vallejo, California, had been in existence for 3,500 years and has been used continually by the Northern California indigenous peoples, who consider this site sacred. Allegedly, the City of Vallejo had planned to level and pave over the Sogorea Te Sacred Area in order to construct a parking lot and public restrooms. A continuous occupation of the site by local native peoples and organizations had held off the bulldozers that were due to begin the works on 15 April 2011. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples sent a follow-up letter on the issue on 19 September 2011, see above USA 18/2011. ECU 1/2011 12/05/2011 Ecuador UA Freedom of expression; Supuestos procesos penales contra periodistas. Según la información recibida, el 17 de julio de 31/10/2011 2005, el Director de opinión y editorialista del diario El Universo, Emilio Palacio, publicó un 24/10/2011 artículo que criticó unas declaraciones de Rafael Correa. El 8 de marzo del 2009, Rafael Correa, ya siendo Presidente de la República, inició una serie de declaraciones que desembocaron en una querella legal contra Emilio Palacio, por el delito de difamación. El 26 de marzo de 2009, el Juzgado Segundo de Garantías Penales de Guayas dictó sentencia en este caso, condenando Emilio Palacio a pena de tres años de prisión correccional. El 6 de febrero de 2011, en El Universo se publicó un artículo escrito por Emilio Palacio donde se expresó su opinión sobre los hechos acontecidos el 30 de septiembre de 2010 cuando miembros de la Policía Nacional iniciaron una protesta. El 21 de marzo de 2011, Rafael Correa acudió al Juez de Garantías Penales de Guayas para acusar en primer lugar a Emilio Palacio; Carlos Nicolás Pérez Lapentti, Presidente y Representante Legal de El Universo; Carlos Eduardo Pérez Barriga, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo y Representante Legal de El Universo; César Enrique Pérez Barriga, Vicepresidente General y Representante Legal de El Universo; y a la Compañía Anónima El Universo, por el delito de injuria agravada. ISR 4/2011 26/05/2011 Israel JAL Cultural Rights; Education; Minority issues; Water and Sanitation; Alleged threats of forced displacement and discrimination against the Bedouin of the West 26/10/2011 Bank. According to the information received, the Bedouin of the West Bank were displaced from their tribal lands in the Negev desert in 1948. They are allegedly continuously exposed to the threat of forced displacement and discrimination, and live in an area of the occupied West Bank trapped between the policies of the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They are allegedly prevented from enjoying the minimum requirements of a dignified life, including lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Community representatives report that the Bedouin are no longer allowed to visit their relatives in the Negev. The rangeland and water that the Bedouin depend on for their livestock has reportedly become fragmented by the establishment of closed military areas, Israeli settlements, nature reserves, check points and the West Bank Barrier. A/HRC/19/44 158 Date Type