A/HRC/17/48 played a particularly noteworthy role in this regard and to have been transformed into “nothing less than a machine of warfare and propaganda for LMP”, monopolizing the media and putting out provocative messages. For example, on 25 February 2011, it rebroadcast a call from Charles Blé Goudé to the Jeunes patriotes: “You must contact neighbourhood leaders, you must (...) check people coming into and out of your neighbourhoods. And you must report any foreign person who comes into your neighbourhood”. 78. The Commission noted that during the crisis there had been considerably less respect for the rights to freedom of expression, opinion and information. Some opposition political parties and independent media outlets met with systematic difficulties in exercising those freedoms. 79. The Commission notes that newspapers and the media were divided into green newspapers supporting the Ouattara camp and blue newspapers supporting the Gbagbo camp, and that the former were treated harshly under Mr. Gbagbo's administration. When the city of Abidjan was taken, the premises of the blue newspapers were ransacked. Some of those newspapers were just beginning to reappear at the end of the Commission's visit to Côte d'Ivoire. Right of demonstration and peaceful public assembly 80. The blanket prohibition of demonstrations that accompanied the curfew and the breaking up of demonstrations in Abidjan and Divo on 16 December 2010 and in Duékoué on 3 January 2011 are a violation of article 21 of the Covenant. The Commission notes that, in this framework, all attempts by members of the opposition to organize demonstrations were severely crushed by the FDS, sometimes with heavy weapons and weapons of war Freedom of religion and desecration of places of worship 81. During its investigations and interviews, the Commission noted that churches and mosques had been attacked and illegally searched. For example, a Catholic church was destroyed in the Carrefour district of Duékoué by pro-Gbagbo Guéré militias and the cathedral was desecrated by FRCI. 82. In Bloléquin, the mosque was desecrated by Guéré militias and Liberian mercenaries. In Abidjan, a Pentecostalist church was attacked by members of FRCI looking for weapons. Economic, social and cultural rights 83. The State of Côte d'Ivoire did not take the necessary measures to preserve and ensure the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. These violations were notably worse during the post-electoral crisis from 28 November 2010 until the taking of Abidjan, particularly in respect of education, health care and access to drinking water, sufficient food and proper housing. Right to education 84. The Commission noted that the post-electoral crisis nearly paralyzed the country's education system, consequently preventing hundreds and thousands of children for several months from enjoying the right to education. Right to health 85. In a great many cases, health facilities were ransacked, one example being the Anonkoua-Kouté clinic, or had to close for a variety of reasons having to do primarily with safety considerations. In addition, pharmacies and other health services met with serious 18 GE.11-14375 (EXT)

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