Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
CHN 5/2013
Arbitrary
24/06/2013 China (People's detention;
JUA
Republic of)
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
01/08/2013
Alleged incarceration on the basis of a sentence to a four years’ prison term of a
student in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, for leading a peaceful protest in
November 2012. According to the information received, Mr Wangchuk Dorje, a
student of the Middle School of Nationalities, was recently sentenced to four years’
imprisonment as one of the main organizers of peaceful student demonstrations which
took place on 9 November 2012 in Tongren county, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture. The peaceful protestors demanded, inter alia, freedom to study the Tibetan
language, equality between nationalities, and the return of the Dalai Lama. A number
of students were physically assaulted by law enforcement authorities, and some had to
be treated in hospitals for injuries.
BGD 8/2013
25/06/2013 Bangladesh
JUA
Disappearances;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
27/06/2013
Alleged enforced disappearance of Mr Anwarul Islam Masum. According to the
information received, in the early morning of 4 April 2013, 30 to 40 officers from the
Bangladesh Police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) abducted from his home in
Rajshahi Mr Anwarul Islam Masum, a university student and the Rajshahi City Office
Secretary of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir (BICS), which is the student wing of
Jamaat-e-Islami, an opposition political party. Mr Anwarul Islam Masum was
reportedly taken inside a RAB vehicle and driven away to an unknown place. He may
be at risk of torture or extra-judicial execution.
BRA 3/2013
27/06/2013 Brazil
JUA
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged excessive use of police force against protestors in vast demonstrations
sweeping the nation since 10 June 2013. According to the information received, at the
time of writing a series of large-scale protests against alleged police brutality, social
inequality and deficient public services were taking place in major Brazilian cities.
Police reportedly used tear gas and rubber bullets to quell the demonstrations, and also
detained dozens of. Further concerns were expressed that journalists participating in
and covering the protests remained at serious risk.
A/HRC/25/74
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