Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 05/04/11 GRC 2/2011 JAL Greece Freedom of religion; Minority issues Alleged attacks against mosques and properties belonging to the Muslim minority in Western Thrace. According to the information received, there has been an increase in the number of hate motivated attacks experienced by members of the Muslim minority in Western Thrace, including on their places of worship and property. On 3 February 2011, unknown persons reportedly cut a pig’s head and nailed it to the entrance door of a mosque. On 2 March, unidentified assailants reportedly broke the windows of the mosque in the village of Uysalli in Komotini. On 2 March, unidentified assailants broke into a sheep pen killing thirty sheep in the village of Uysalli. The sheep pen reportedly belongs to Mr. Sali Fikret, a member of the Muslim minority. On the same night, unidentified assailants reportedly fired at a cattle herd belonging to Mr. Fikret, cutting tyres of three cars and two tractors also belonging to him. 01/06/11 06/04/11 TUR 3/2011 JUA Turkey Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Terrorism Alleged arrest and detention of journalists on terrorism-related charges. According to the information received, on 3 March 2011 Mr. Ahmet Sik and Mr. Nedim Sener were arrested and taken into custody. On 6 March, they were formally charged with “belonging to a terrorist organization and inciting the public to hatred”. They were taken to Metris Prison in Istanbul to await trial. Mr. Sener had already been on trial for, inter alia, attempting to influence the judiciary, insulting a public official, and revealing classified information in a book that suggested implication of security forces in the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, in 2007. He was subsequently acquitted in December 2010. Mr. Sik also faced charges in 2007 for “denigration of Turkishness” and was acquitted on those charges in April 2008. Since October 2010, he had been on trial for allegedly revealing State secrets in two books which he co-authored. 07/04/11 LBY 5/2011 JAL Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Freedom of expression; Torture; Violence against women Alleged abduction and rape by security forces. According to the information received, Ms. Eman al-Obaidi, born in 1982, a law student from Tobruk, was abducted, beaten, sexually assaulted and raped by members of Gadaffi forces before she managed to escape. On 26 March 2011, she was reportedly dragged out of the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli by security officials as she was trying to speak to foreign journalists, and driven to an unknown location. The Government reportedly sought to discredit Ms. Eman al-Obaidi, claiming that she was mentally unstable and accused her of being involved in prostitution. Her fate and whereabouts remained unknown until after her release on 3 April. Shortly after her release, Ms. al-Obaidi was reportedly again arrested at her home and taken to an unknown location for “criminal investigation” and was released several hours later without any explanation. Ms. al-Obaidi was reportedly prevented by the authorities from leaving Tripoli. Several journalists who had reportedly tried to help Ms. al-Obaidi were kicked, punched, and knocked over by security forces. 85 A/HRC/18/51 Mandate(s)