Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 3/2012 16/04/2012 United States JAL of America Minority issues; Racism; Alleged difficulties and obstacles to full voter participation and voting rights particularly for those belonging to minority groups. According to the information received, since 2011, several U.S. States have enacted a broad array of voting restrictions and allegedly discriminatory laws, or have otherwise impeded democratic political participation. These various restrictive measures fall into three general categories, each of which operates at a different point in the voting process: first, at the voter registration stage; second, at the early voting stage; and third, on Election Day itself. These measures and other efforts reportedly have discouraging or impeding impacts on political participation particularly by persons belonging to minority groups, particularly African-Americans and Latinos. Specifically, in 2011, 14 states passed 25 laws that together allegedly block more than 5,000,000 citizens access from voting. Since 2008 the ability to vote of persons belonging to such minority groups has allegedly been impeded through state legislative initiatives, state constitutional amendments, and executive orders that result in barriers to voting. KOR 1/2012 17/04/2012 Republic of JAL Korea 21/06/2012 Freedom of religion; Alleged deportation and secret detention in Uzbekistan. According to the Independence of judges information received, Mr. X fled to the Republic of Korea in 2008 to escape and lawyers; Torture; religious persecution in Uzbekistan. Reportedly, on 7 February 2012, he was arrested on the basis of alleged illegal entry and stay in the country and was taken to Seoul Immigration Office where he remained detained for four days before he was transferred to the Hwasung Foreigner Detention Center. Allegedly, Mr. X was not allowed to file an asylum seeker application until after UNHCR intervened. On 21 March 2012, Mr. X was notified of the rejection of his application for refugee status and was deported to Uzbekistan. Mr. X was reportedly not given a chance to appeal to the Minister of Justice which he was entitled to within 14 days. His mother later learned from the local police that her son had been taken to the National Security Service by the so-called secret police. His fate and whereabouts remained unknown. A/HRC/21/49 26 Date Type