Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
COL 6/2012
30/05/2012 Colombia
JUA
Freedom of expression;
Freedom of peaceful
assembly and of
association; Human
rights defenders;
Summary executions;
Violence against
women;
Presuntas amenazas de muerte, seguimientos y agresiones en contra de defensores
de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, el primero de mayo, el
Padre Alberto Franco, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y
Paz (CIJP), habría sido seguido por hombres que se trasladaban en motocicleta. El 8
de mayo, el Sr. Danilo Rueda, un abogado de la CIJP, también habría sido seguido.
Además, el 7 de mayo de 2012, un individuo no identificado habría disparado un
arma de fuego hacia el interior de las oficinas de „Women‟s Link Worldwide‟
(WLW). El disparo habría roto el cristal de seguridad justo arriba de la cabeza de la
Sra. Mónica Roa, directora de programa de WLW. También se informa que dos
comunicados habrían sido publicados en el mes de mayo que amenazarían a varios
defensores de derechos humanos y organizaciones de derechos humanos, uno en el
nombre del grupo paramilitar „Los Rastrojos – Comandos Urbanos‟, y el otro en el
nombre del grupo paramilitar „Águilas Negras – Bloque Capital‟.
CYP 2/2012
30/05/2012 Cyprus
JUA
Arbitrary detention;
Torture;
Alleged imminent deportation from Cyprus to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to the information received, following persecution, harassment and
subsequent arrest and secret detention, Mr. Morteza Kazemian, aged 46, and his
family fled from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Cyprus, where upon arrival they
applied for asylum status. After having their application for asylum rejected by
immigration authorities of Cyprus, on an unknown date, Mr. Kazemian was
provided with a letter informing him and his family to leave the country within 75
days. Fearing deportation, Mr. Kazemian‟s wife Soheila Sadeghdoost, aged 46, and
daughter Marjan Kazemian, aged 21, fled to the United Kingdom but were
subsequently sent back to Cyprus and arrested upon their return on 20 February
2012. Mr. Kazemian and his son, aged 15, were later reportedly arrested by the
members of police in Cyprus and taken to Larnaca detention centre. The family
remained detained in Larnaca detention centre and was reportedly facing imminent
deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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A/HRC/21/49
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