Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
BRA 7/2011
30/11/2011 Brazil
UA
Indigenous
peoples;
30/12/2011
Alleged killing of an leader of an indigenous group in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
According to the information received, Nísio Gomes was the leader of a group of some 60
Guaraní indigenous people of the Guaviry community, who in early November 2011 had
returned to part of their ancestral land in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, after having lost that
land to non-indigenous industrial farmers. On 16 November 2011, a group of armed men
surrounded the bus in which several members of the Guaviry community were travelling. The
gunmen reportedly held the bus for several hours, destroying the bus‟s brakes and threatening the
passengers. On 19 November 2011, some 40 masked gunmen entered the Guaviry community
and surrounded Mr. Nísio Gomes, ordering those present to lie on the ground. Mr. Gomes was
shot in the head, chest, arms and legs. His body was then taken from the area by the gunmen. Mr.
Gomes‟s son was allegedly beaten and shot with rubber bullets when he tried to intervene.
Members of the community fled in fear and it is reported that three children are now missing,
though it is not clear whether they were taken by the gunmen or were lost in the chaos. See the
Special Rapporteur‟s report on the situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil, including the state
of Mato Grosso do Sul at A/HRC/12/34/Add.2.
ECU 3/2011
30/11/2011 Ecuador
JAL
Food; Freedom
of expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Acerca de las alegaciones recibidas indicando el asesinato del Sr. Marlon Lozano Yulán,
miembro de la organización Unión Tierra y Vida. Según la informacion recibida, el Sr. Marlon
Lozano Yulán, fue objecto de disparos cuando éste se encontraba en la intersección de las calles
Rumichaca y Manabí de la ciudad de Guayaquil. Las heridas le habrían ocasionado una
hemorragia interna, causándole la muerte el 21 de julio de 2011. Según se informa, varios
dirigentes de diversas asociaciones que luchan por el acceso a la tierra, habrían sido también
asesinados y objeto de actos intimidatorios.
A/HRC/19/44
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