Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted MMR 2/2012 07/05/2012 Myanmar JUA Health; Independence of judges and lawyers; Myanmar; Alleged violation of due process safeguards and denial of access to appropriate specialist medical care. According to the information received, Mr. Phyo Wai Aung was accused of being involved in bombings during the traditional New Year festival which took place on 15 April 2010. The trial was allegedly held behind closed doors for the first 14 months. Defence lawyers were allegedly denied the right to crossexamine prosecution witnesses. At the sixth hearing, the judge ordered that charges be brought against the lawyers and their client for intentionally causing an insult to a judicial officer under the Contempt of Courts Act 1926. The judge reportedly cut off the defendant‟s testimony after only six hearings during which the defendant could not possibly go through all the rebuttals in the prosecution case, which involved charges carrying the death sentence. Reportedly, requests for the trial to be reheard and appeals for the defendant to receive specialist medical treatment went unheeded. LKA 2/2012 07/05/2012 Sri Lanka JUA Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Alleged attack on Jumma Mosque in Dambulla and other places of worship. According to the information received, a crowd of about 2000 Sinhalese Buddhists, including high-ranking monks, protested and attacked the 60 year-old mosque on 20 April 2012. Reportedly, the Prime Minister‟s office released a statement on 22 April 2012, ordering the removal and relocation of the mosque. The decision was allegedly taken without consultation with the Muslim religious leaders or the local community. There were also reports of other incidents of attacks of places of religious worship in Anuradhapura, Illangaithurai Muhathuwaram (Lanka Patuna), Kalutara and Ambalangoda. CMR 1/2012 08/05/2012 Cameroun JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Allégations de restrictions indues au droit à la liberté de réunion pacifique. Selon les informations reçues, une réunion visant à discuter des problématiques du Sida et des droits de l‟homme des minorités basées sur l‟orientation sexuelle, tenue le mardi 27 mars 2012 à Yaoundé, aurait été empêchée par les autorités, qui avaient dans un premier temps autorisé sa tenue. Un jeune homme, membre du Rassemblement de la Jeunesse Camerounaise, aurait, avec l‟aide de complices, violemment pris à partie et insulté Mme Alice Nkom et M. Stéphane Koche, qui travaillent pour les groupes organisateurs de l‟atelier. Il est également rapporté l‟interruption, par la police, d‟un rassemblement pacifique organisé par le Mouvement pour la Défense des Droits de l‟Homme et des Libertés le 30 mars 2012 à Maroua, qui avait, dans un premier temps, été autorisé par les autorités. M. Abdoulaye Math, président de l‟organisation, ainsi que 14 autres membres du Mouvement, auraient été arrêtés. Reply 37 A/HRC/21/49 Mandate(s)