Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
SAU 2/2014
31/01/2014 Saudi Arabia
JUA
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
religion;
Summary
executions;
Alleged detention and prosecution of a blogger and organizer of a conference to mark the 12/02/2014
26/01/2015
“day of liberalism” on charges of insulting Islam and “apostasy”. According to the
information received, on 17 June 2012, Mr. Raef Badawi was arrested in Jeddah after
organizing a conference to mark the “day of liberalism” and was subsequently detained
in a prison in Briman. In July 2012, a trial against Mr. Badawi started before the General
Court in Jeddah, with jurisdiction over apostasy cases, but was later referred to the
Criminal Court of Jeddah as the General Court decided that Mr. Badawi should not be
tried for apostasy. The charges brought against Mr. Badawi relate to a number of articles
he had written and published on his website and on social media deemed to be insulting
Islam. On 29 July 2013, the Criminal Court in Jeddah convicted Mr. Badawi under the
information technology law of “founding a liberal website”, “adopting liberal thought”
and for insulting Islam. Mr. Badawi was sentenced to seven years and three months in
prison, and 600 lashes. On 11 December 2013, the Court of Appeal ruled that the case
should be reviewed again, dropped the apostasy charges, and sent it back to the Criminal
Court in Jeddah, which in turn remanded Mr. Badawi to the General Court on charges of
“apostasy”, an “offence” punishable by death.
COL 3/2014
25/02/2014 Colombia
JUA
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
17/02/2015
Presunto patrón de ataques y amenazas de muerte perpetrados por actores no-estatales
contra defensores de derechos humanos en Colombia. Según las informaciones recibidas,
las violaciones parecen de estar vinculadas con la lucha contra la impunidad y la defensa
de los derechos de las víctimas del conflicto interno armado, en especial aquellas
afectadas por ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Los asuntos destacados en esta comunicación
también han sido recogidos en otras comunicaciones; una primera envidada el 1 de Mayo
de 2014, vea A/HRC/24/21, caso COL 5/2013; una segunda enviada el 17 de diciembre
de 2012, ver arriba, caso COL 13/2012; una tercera enviada el 30 de junio de 2008, ver
A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, para 764-767 (COL 17/2008); y una cuarta enviada el 25de junio
de 2007, ver A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, para. 504-507 (COL 13/2007).
A/HRC/29/50
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