Date Type 09/11/2015 JAL 09/11/2015 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted MNG 1/2015 Mongolia Environment; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged arbitrary deportation of an environmental civil society activist in relation to the exercise of his rights to freedom of opinion and expression. According to the information received, Mr Eugene Simonov is an environmental activist and a representative of Rivers without Boundaries. It is reported that, when exiting Mongolia to China through the Zamyn Uud border-crossing on 12 August 2014, he received a black stamp in his passport marked “Deported from Mongolia for 10 years till August 12, 2024” without any notification. Serious concern is expressed that his deportation may be linked to his work as a defender of environmental rights and his non-governmental organization investigations into plans by the Government, with funding from the World Bank, to build a cascade of hydro-dams and water transfer projects in Lake Baikal transboundary basin. SAU 9/2015 Saudi Arabia Summary executions; Alleged killings of and injuries caused to civilians as a result of indiscriminate air strikes led by coalition forces in Yemen, of which Saudi Arabia is a leading member. According to the information received, on 12 July 2015, at least 20 civilians were killed during an airstrike which hit the Al-Umal Residential Complex in AL Naser Area, Sa’wan, Bani Hushaish District, Sana’a. On 28 September 2015, more than 33 people were reportedly killed in a coalition-led airstrike while attending a wedding celebration in Wahijah village, outside the port city of Al Mukha, Taizz Governorate. On the same day, two humanitarian workers were killed alongside other civilians during an airstrike in the Al-Swaida area, Al Wazi’iyah District, Taizz. On 6 October 2015, a coalition-led air strike hit a wedding party in Yemen’s Dhamar Governorate, resulting in at least 47 civilians dead and 58 injured, among them many women and children. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Government of Yemen, see below, case no. YEM 2/2015. Reply A/HRC/31/79 143

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