Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
KWT 1/2014
05/02/2014 Kuwait
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Discrimination
against women in
law and in
practic; Violence
against women;
Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of a Kuwaiti national on the basis of her
gender identity. According to the information received, Ms. X was arrested by the
police in the Hawalli neighbourhood on 21 January 2014 and taken to the Salmiya
main branch of the Department of Criminal Investigation. On 23 January 2014, she
was reportedly transferred to the Kuwait Central Prison and remained in detention at
the time of writing. She was reportedly charged with “imitation of the opposite sex”,
which is a criminal offence under Amendment 198 of the Kuwaiti Penal Code.
According to reports, Ms. X had no prior criminal record and there was no indication
that she was suspected of committing any criminal offence at the time of the arrest.
She was arrested only on the basis of her gender identity and expression.
BLZ 1/2014
06/02/2014 Belize
AL
Summary
executions;
Alleged killing of an 18 year old cross-dresser. According to the information received,
on 12 January 2014, at around 1.50 a.m., Mr. X, aged 18, was reportedly found dead
in Belize City, Belize. Reportedly, Mr. X was walking alone on Elston Kerr Street
when two unidentified individuals allegedly tried to rob him and stabbed him in the
chest. Neither his cell phone nor his money was stolen and it is believed that his
killing could be motivated by the fact that he dressed as a woman. It is further
reported that Mr. X received numerous death threats by SMS prior to his murder.
Concern is expressed about the motivation for the murder of Mr. X and about the
wider atmosphere of discrimination and acts of violence against gays, lesbians and
transgendered people that have been reported in Belize.
Reply
A/HRC/26/21
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