Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
MMR 5/2011
30/12/2011 Myanmar
JUA
Arbitrary detention;
Myanmar; Violence
against women;
Alleged abduction and rape. According to information received, Ms. X, a 28-year-old 22/03/2012
resident of B. Village in Momouk district, Kachin State, was abducted on 28 October
2011 and subsequently raped by military personnel attached to Light Infantry
Battalion 321, Mu Bum frontline post in Momouk district, Kachin State. Reportedly,
villagers from her village who escaped from the same military post had testified that
there were four women, including Ms. X, cleaning and cooking for the military
during the day and gang-raped at night. On 1 November 2011, Ms. X‟s family
reportedly lodged a complaint at the military post in Loije town and begged for her
release. A military commander at the post informed them that Ms. X. would be
released the following day on 2 November 2011. However, she was not released.
Villagers from Hkai Bang have since reportedly fled to more secure places. Recent
reports received suggest that there had been other cases of women and girls being
gang-raped and some killed by the military in Kachin state.
PAK 11/2011
30/12/2011 Pakistan
JAL
Freedom of
expression; Freedom
of peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders; Summary
executions;
Alleged killing of human rights defender. According to the information received, on 8
December 2011, Mr. Zarteef Afridi, coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan (HRCP) in Khyber Agency was shot by unknown men while he was on a
motorcycle on his way to work in a local school where he was headmaster.
Reportedly, the perpetrators approached him in the area of Ghundai near Jamrod
Bazaar, Khyber Agency. Before his death he had been working with a number of
peace groups in campaigning for the release of dozens of prisoners under the
Frontiers Crimes Regulations and was involved in organizing a congregation of tribal
elders to campaign against terrorism. He had allegedly received death threats in the
past from local militants. He is the third member of HRCP to be killed this year,
following the killing of Mr. Siddique Eido, journalist and HRCP member, in
Balochistan and Mr Naeem Sabir, HRCP Coordinator in Khudzar district,
Balochistan ( see A/HRC/18/51 case no . PAK 17/2010).
A/HRC/20/30
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