Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
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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
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