A/HRC/41/41/Add.1
Turkey
181. JAL Case no: TUR 12/2018 (Turkey), sent on 18 September 2018, reply
received on 8 November 2018.Allegations concerning an indefinite ban on public LGBTIrelated gatherings or events by the Governor of Ankara.
182. JAL Case no: TUR 16/2018 (Turkey), sent on 14 November 2018, reply
received on 10 January 2019.Alleged detention of 24 construction workers on 19
September 2018 and an additional arrest of 10 construction workers and trade union
officials in October 2018, for the exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and
freedom of assembly and association.
Uganda
183. JAL Case no: UGA 2/2018 (Uganda), sent on 19 July 2018, reply received 22
October 2018. Allegations of threats, intimidation, judicial harassment, use of force against
and ill-treatment of Ms. Betty Nambooze, Member of Parliament (MP), for the peaceful
exercise of her right to freedom of expression.
United Arab Emirates
184. JAL Case no: ARE 1/2018 (United Arab Emirates), sent on 4 May 2018, reply
received on 5 July 2018. Alleged continued arbitrary detention of human rights defenders
Mr. Osama Al-Najjar and Mr. Ahmed Mansoor, along with charges against Mr. Mansoor.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
185. JUA Case no: GBR 5/2018 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland), sent on 29 May 2018, reply received on 24 July 2018. Allegations concerning
the killing of 12 demonstrators following excessive use of force by police in the district of
Tuticorin, in the state of Tamil Nadu, during a protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite
Copper Smelting Plant, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, which is based in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
United States of America
186. JUA Case no: USA/2018 (United States of America), sent on 25 May 2018, no
reply.Allegations concerning the arrest and charges against Mr. Scott Warren.
Ukraine
187. JAL Case no: UKR 1/2018 (Ukraine), sent on 8 June 2018, reply received on 9
August 2018. Alleged use of force by police against demonstrators, as well as the arrest
and detention of more than 100 people.
Vietnam
188. JAL Case no: VNM 7/2018 (Vietnam), sent on 9 July 2018, no reply. Allegations
concerning acts of violence and intimidation against three human rights defenders, who
were involved in defending labour rights.
189. JUA Case no: VNM 6/2018 (Vietnam), sent on 17 July 2018, no
reply.Allegations concerning the deteriorating health condition of Mr. Nguyen Van Tuc, a
human rights defender who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2017.
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