Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
ISR 6/2013
11/06/2013 Israel
JUA
Adequate housing;
Indigenous
peoples; Water
and Sanitation;
Alleged risk of eviction and forced displacement of a large number of Arab Bedouins
in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of Israel. According to the information
received, the “Law for the Regulation of Bedouin Settlement in the Negev- 2013”, a
bill also known as the Prawer-Begin Bill, to be enacted into law in the coming days
would lead to the eviction and forced displacement of more than 70,000 Arab
Bedouins in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of Israel. Allegedly this would
mean the destruction of most of the remaining unrecognized Arab Bedouin villages in
this region. Concerns also include severance of the historical ties to land by the
Bedouin community, strict limits and conditions to access and receive adequate
compensation whether in money or land, and the use of force in the form of the
deployment of additional police officers in charge of the implementation of this Plan.
MMR 9/2013
11/06/2013 Myanmar
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Myanmar;
Summary
executions;
Torture; Violence
against women;
22/07/2013
Alleged excessive use of force by law enforcement officials against a group of
Rohingyas engaged in a peaceful protest, which included the fatal shooting of three
Rohingya women. According to information received, a crowd of approximately 40 to
50 mostly Rohingya women gathered in their village of Pa Rein in Rakhine State to
protest against the construction of new temporary housing. Following the reported
refusal of the protestors to leave the construction site, security forces allegedly fired
shots into the air and directly into the crowd. In addition to the three women
reportedly killed by the shots, three men and two women were injured by the gunfire.
A/HRC/25/74
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