Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
IDN 5/2014
20/11/2014 Indonesia
JAL
Freedom of
Alleged religious intolerance and violence against Church members in Yogyakarta,
religion; Minority Indonesia. According to the information received, on 29 May 2014, members of Santo
issues;
Fransiscus Agung Banteng Church in Sleman City were attacked by a mob during a
prayer gathering in the garage of Mr. Julius Felicianus’ house. During this attack, a
number of church members were beaten up, an 8-year-old girl was electrocuted, and
Mr. Felicianus was injured. On 1 June 2014, a similar incident took place in Pangukan
Village in Sleman Regency where a Sunday service of El’Shaddai Pentecostal
Church-GDPI was disrupted by a mob. Even though the police was able to stop the
violence from escalating, the mob returned later that day and damaged the church
building and the house of the Pastor of the Church. On 16 October 2014, SlemanYogyakarta District Court sentenced one of the perpetrators of the attack on Mr.
Felicianus’ home to a short prison sentence of three months minus time spent in pretrial detention, while no other perpetrators have been held accountable.
COL 7/2014
21/11/2014 Colombia
JAL
Environment;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Reply
Alegaciones de acoso, rastreo, intimidación y asesinatos de defensores de los derechos 29/01/2015
humanos ambientales del Movimiento Ríos Vivos (MRV), un movimiento de defensa
de los territorios y las comunidades afectadas por la construcción de represas y
proyectos mineros en Colombia. Desde la participación de MRV en las protestas
sociales en 2012 en contra de la construcción de la represa Hidroituango, se alega que
la señora Isabel Cristina Zuleta ha sido víctima de rastreo, ha recibido amenazas de
muerte y sus comunicaciones han sido interceptadas ilegalmente. El 2 de julio de
2014, la hija adolescente de la señora Asened Higuita Higuita, una líder de MRV, fue
seguida por individuos cuando regresaba a su casa. Se informa, además, que el señor
José Orlando González Herrón, líder en el municipio de Briceño, donde se está
construyendo la represa de Hidroituango, recibió amenazas de muerte el 2 de enero y
17 de septiembre de 2013.
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