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15/02/11 THA 3/2011
JAL
Thailand
Migrants;
Slavery;
Trafficking
Alleged trafficking of migrant workers for the purpose of labour exploitation. According 29/06/11
to the information received, Mr. Kyaw Kyaw, a 25 year-old man from Myanmar, came to
Mae Sot, Thailand in April 2009. In September that year he met a broker who offered him
8,000 baht (US$266) in cash and recruited him for a job. Mr. Kyaw was then allegedly sold to
work on a fishing boat, where he worked for 10 months under very harsh conditions. During
these months, he reportedly did not receive any salary for his work. After 10 months, he
managed to run away. Reportedly, a number of other cases point to a pattern of trafficking of
migrant workers for labour exploitation in the fishing industry, particularly in the coastal
town of Mahachai in the Samut Sakhon province.
16/02/11 HND 2/2011
JUA
Honduras
Independence
of judges and
lawyers;
Mercenaries
Supuestas amenazas dirigidas a abogados. Según la información recibida, el Sr. Dionisio
Díaz García, que trabajaba como abogado en la Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa
(ASJ), fue asesinado el 4 de diciembre de 2006. Desde entonces, otros miembros de la ASJ
habrían recibido amenazas. El 31 de enero de 2011, una abogada de la ASJ habría recibido
amenazas por mensaje de texto en su teléfono móvil. La misma abogada habría recibido en
septiembre 2010 varias advertencias por parte de empleados del Ministerio del Trabajo según
las cuales el vicepresidente del Ministerio de Trabajo habría mostrado interés en su trabajo de
investigación y que debería tener cuidado. La ASJ fue objeto de comunicaciones anteriores
(ver A/HRC/4/37/Add.1, para 309, A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, paras. 1007,1014, 1019 y 1043,
A/HRC/4/25/Add.1, para 168, A/HRC/17/27/Add.1, para 829).
16/02/11 IND 4/2011
JUA
India
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders
Alleged arrest warrants related to human rights work. According to the information
27/03/11
received, Mr. Julfikar Ali is a District Human Rights Monitor in the NGO MASUM. On 2
January 2011, a police officer from Raninagar Police Station allegedly came to Mr. Ali’s
house, informing his family that he should immediately surrender related to an incident which
reportedly took place on 11 January 2008, at the Kaharpara Border Security Force (BSF)
outpost. Mr. Ali was reportedly not in the vicinity of the outpost that night. On 11 February,
Mr. Ali went to the District Court to surrender, in order to settle the issue, and to be able to
continue his work. The District Court granted anticipatory bail. On 14 February, the District
Court granted another anticipatory bail to Mr. Ali in relation to another complaint. In this
case, Mr. Ali’s name reportedly did not appear in the complaint filed by the BSF. Mr. Ali was
the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, para 1196).
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