A/HRC/22/58 Annex [English only] Communications during the reporting period The Special Rapporteur sent seven individual and joint communications between September and November 2012: (a) an urgent appeal, dated 12 September 2012, regarding the detention of a United Nations official and four INGO staff in relation to the violence in Rakhine State; (b) an urgent appeal, dated 19 September 2012, regarding the treatment and condition of the reported 858 persons detained in relation to the violence in Rakhine State; (c) a joint urgent appeal, dated 2 October 2012, with the Special Rapporteurs on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and on the situation of human rights defenders, concerning the charges brought under section 18 of the new Law on Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession against activists involved in peaceful demonstrations on International Peace Day; (d) a joint allegation letter, dated 22 October 2012, with the Special Rapporteurs on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, on freedom of religion or belief, on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related tolerance and the Independent Expert on minority issues, concerning allegations of discriminatory restrictions and systematic violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief of Chin Christians; (e) a joint allegation letter, dated 8 November 2012, with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, following up on a 30 December 2011 communication, regarding the alleged abduction and rape of Ms. Sumlut Roi Ja by military personnel in Kachin State; (f) a joint urgent appeal, dated 29 November 2012, with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteurs on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and on the independence of judges and lawyers, regarding the alleged violation of fair trial and due process rights as well as concerns over access to medical care of Dr. Tun Aung (chair of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Rakhine State and a practising medical doctor) in Sittwe Prison; and (g) a joint urgent appeal, dated 30 November 2012, with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteurs on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association and on the situation of human rights defenders, regarding the arrest and alleged excessive use of force against peaceful protestors demonstrating over the Moehti Moemi gold mine and the Monywa copper mine. By the end of January 2013, the Special Rapporteur had received one reply to the above-mentioned communications, on 26 December 2012 to the 29 November 2012 communication. 22

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