Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
IND 1/2013
11/02/2013 India
JAL
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Summary
executions;
Terrorism;
Torture;
12/02/2013
Alleged execution after proceedings that did not comply fully with fair trial and due
process guarantees. According to the information received, Mr Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani 06/08/2013
national aged 25, was executed in India on 21 November 2012. He was sentenced to
death by a special court in 2010, for his alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks that
took place on 26 November 2008, and reportedly resulted in 150 persons killed and
approximately 250 individuals injured. It was reported that Mr Kasab was found guilty
of more than 80 charges, including murder, committing acts of terrorism and criminal
conspiracy to commit murder. The legal proceedings against him allegedly did not
comply sufficiently with international human rights law standards regarding fair trial and
due process guarantees. His execution was reportedly carried out in secret, and
announced to the public only afterwards.
BWA 1/2013
12/02/2013 Botswana
AL
Indigenous
peoples;
Allegations concerning the situation of the Basarwa and Bakgalagadi indigenous peoples 22/02/2013
in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. According to the information received, there are 30/07/2013
approximately 500 to 600 Basarwa and Bakgalagadi indigenous residents living in five
communities within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Approximately 2,200 to 2,400
Basarwa and Bankgaladi people who were former residents of the Reserve, but who have
been evicted from their traditional lands, now live in the resettlement sites of Xere, New
Xade and Kaudwane. In the Roy Sesana and Others v. The Attorney General decision of
2006, the High Court of Botswana held that the Government’s refusal to allow the
applicants in the case to enter the Reserve unless they were issued with permits was
unlawful and unconstitutional. However, the Government has allegedly maintained a
position that only the 243 applicants who were named in the Sesana case can return to
the Reserve without obtaining a temporary entry permit. Further, indigenous residents in
the Reserve have allegedly been criminally prosecuted, arrested, harassed, beaten and
intimidated by police and park officials for engaging in their traditional subsistence
hunting and gathering activities.
A/HRC/25/74
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