Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ZWE 7/2011 22/12/2011 Zimbabwe JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of surveillance and intimidation, arbitrary arrest and detention and unlawful raids. According to the information received, on 15 November 2011, Ms. Jestina Mukoko was followed around greater Harare by an unidentified man driving a car of a type which may be owned by, or associated with, State agents. The intimidation of Ms. Mukoko may form part of a pattern of harassment against human rights defenders in Zimbabwe in the context of the forthcoming elections. Ms. Mukoko may be at risk of enforced disappearance. Mr. Fadzai December and Ms. Molly Chimhanda, project officers of the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ) and Mr. Gilbert Mabusa, member of the MMPZ are reportedly in detention at Gwanda Remand Prison as a consequence of their activities in the promotion and protection of human rights, namely the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Their charges are reportedly linked to a workshop organized by the MMPZ on 24 November 2011. Reportedly, Harare police officers raided the MMPZ premises, confiscated materials belonging to the organization and arrested MMPZ Project Coordinator Mr. Andrew Moyse. ITA 3/2011 26/12/2011 Italy JAL Migrants; Racism; 21/02/2012 Alleged killing of two Senegalese migrants in Florence by an Italian citizen in the context of a general pattern of racism, xenophobia and intolerance against migrants in Italy. According to information received, a 50-year old man opened fire and killed two vendors from Senegal and critically wounded three others in central Florence (in Piazza Dalmazia and San Lorenzo market) on 13 December 2011. Information received indicated that the killing could be considered a result of an increasing climate of intolerance against certain migrant communities that had increased over the years. Allegedly, Senegalese street vendors had often been the victims of racial abuse and attacks and accused of "stealing" jobs from Italians. A/HRC/20/30 28 Date Type

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