Date
Type
29/01/2013
JAL
12/02/2013
AL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
COL 1/2013
Colombia
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Violence against
women;
02/05/2013
Presunto asesinato, actos de intimidación y acoso, incluyendo amenazas de
muerte y malos tratos de activistas sindicales. Según la información recibida, el
día 15 de diciembre de 2012, la Sra. Rosa Helena Bernal Pinto, activista y
defensora de los derechos humanos, habría sido asesinada en conexión con sus
actividades en defensa de los derechos humanos. El 5 de octubre de 2012,
trabajadores de la Unión Sindical Obrera habrían sido atacados por agentes del
Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios mientras llevaban a cabo una protesta pacífica en
Puerto Gaitán. Se informa de que, durante estos incidentes, el Sr. Jhon Alexander
Rodríguez Quintero, líder y activista sindical, habría sido golpeado y,
posteriormente, habría recibido amenazas de muerte, junto con su escolta. Estos
actos se enmarcarían en un contexto caracterizado por la gran actividad que
desarrollan varias empresas petroleras en esa región, dando lugar a graves
amenazas contra los defensores de los derechos humanos de manera reiterada.
BWA 1/2013
Botswana
Indigenous
peoples;
Allegations concerning the situation of the Basarwa and Bakgalagadi indigenous
peoples in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. According to the information
received, there are approximately 500 to 600 Basarwa and Bakgalagadi
indigenous residents living in five communities within the Central Kalahari
Game Reserve. Approximately 2,200 to 2,400 Basarwa and Bankgaladi people
who were former residents of the Reserve, but who have been evicted from their
traditional lands, now live in the resettlement sites of Xere, New Xade and
Kaudwane. In the Roy Sesana and Others v. The Attorney General decision of
2006, the High Court of Botswana held that the Government’s refusal to allow
the applicants in the case to enter the Reserve unless they were issued with
permits was unlawful and unconstitutional. However, the Government has
allegedly maintained a position that only the 243 applicants who were named in
the Sesana case can return to the Reserve without obtaining a temporary entry
permit. Further, indigenous residents in the Reserve have allegedly been
criminally prosecuted, arrested, harassed, beaten and intimidated by police and
park officials for engaging in their traditional subsistence hunting and gathering
activities.
22/02/2013
30/07/2013
A/HRC/24/21
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