Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
COL 9/2011
07/10/2011 Colombia
JUA
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Supuesto ataque y acusaciones públicas. Según las informaciones recibidas, en el año 2010, se
habría hecho público que el Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) había circulado
un memorándum interno dando instrucciones de torturar psicológicamente a la periodista Sra.
Claudia Julieta Duque, la cual ha sido el sujeto de comunicaciones anteriores (ver
A/HRC/13/22/Add.1 para. 511 & 567, A/HRC/10/12/Add.1 para 736, E/CN.4/2005/101/Add.1
para 168) y a su hija. En fechas recientes, ella habría sido informada de la planificación de un
presunto ataque organizado por el Departamento de Inteligencia Militar. El 22 de agosto de 2011,
un alto ex funcionario del Estado la habría acusado de ser simpatizante de terroristas y cómplice
de grupos guerrilleros armadas luego de la publicación de un artículo en el Washington Post. En
algunas redes sociales se habría declarado que sus artículos habrían sido escritos por la secretaría
de la Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).
NPL 2/2011
07/10/2011 Nepal
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
religion;
Alleged restrictions on the freedom of religion or belief in the draft new constitution and the draft
new penal code. According to the information received, proposals relating to religion or belief in
the new constitution by the Constituent Assembly, if adopted in their current draft form, would
seriously curtail the right to freedom of religion or belief. Reportedly, the current anti-conversion
clause provides no space for religious conversion as being a positive choice. The proposals
concerning offences related to religion for the new penal code are reportedly extremely broad and
vague, and therefore open to abuse.
GMB 1/2011
10/10/2011 Gambia
JUA
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Alleged arrest, detention and subsequent sentencing of two lawyers on fabricated charges.
According to the information received, on 19 September 2011, Mr. Moses Richards, a former
High Court Judge and lawyer who worked on defending victims of human rights abuses, was
convicted and sentenced to two years‟ imprisonment with hard labour at Mile II Central State on
charges of “giving false information” and “sedition” reportedly based on a letter he wrote to the
Sheriff of the High Court on his client‟s instructions. On 26 January 2011, it is reported that
lawyer Mr. Lamin K. Mboge, a senior member of the Gambian Bar Association and a former
magistrate, was remanded at the Mile II Central State prison charged with “making false
documents without authority”, “false swearing” and “uttering false documents”, following a
criminal complaint lodged concerning a lack of formal paperwork. Mr. Mboge denied the
charges.
Reply
A/HRC/19/44
90
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