Date Type
Case No Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
COL 5/2012 10/05/2012 Colombia JUA
Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders;
22/05/2012 Presunta desaparición forzada. Según las informaciones recibidas, a las 3:30 de la tarde del 18 de abril de 2012, el Sr. Hernán Henry Díaz habría comunicado a su pareja sentimental por mensaje telefónico que estaba en el corregimiento de Puerto Vega. Este mensaje sería la última noticia que se conocería del Sr. Díaz y, su destino y paradero continuarían desconocidos. El Sr. Díaz es Vicepresidente de la Asociación Campesina del Sur Oriente de Putumayo (ACSOMAYO), integrante de la Mesa Departamental de Organizaciones Sociales, Campesinas, Afro descendientes e Indígenas del Departamento de Putumayo, miembro de la Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO) y dirigente del movimiento de la “Marcha Patriótica”.
PSE 3/2012 10/05/2012 Occupied UA Palestinian Territory
Freedom of expression; Alleged detention and harassment of individuals who have expressed criticism of Palestinian officials. According to information received, Mr. Yusef al-Shayeb, correspondent for the Jordanian daily Al-Ghad, has been detained and interrogated for an article he wrote regarding alleged corrupt practices at the Delegation of Palestine in Paris. Mr. Tarek Kahmis, reporter for Zaman press, was allegedly detained and interrogated after he posted comments on Facebook to condemn the arrest of Mr. Yusef al-Shayeb. Ms. Esmat Abdel Khalik, a university lecturer in journalism at Al Quds University, has been detained and interrogated for posts and comments posted on her Facebook page, including a call for the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority.
CYP 1/2012 11/05/2012 Cyprus UA
Freedom of religion;
Alleged imminent deportation of a woman of the Bahá‟í faith and her daughter from 30/05/2012 Cyprus to the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, Ms. X and her daughter, Iranian citizens, applied for refugee status in Cyprus on 14 October 2010. Reportedly, Ms. X‟s application was rejected twice and her case was appealed to the Supreme Court, where the hearing was expected to take place on 14 May 2012. Ms. X was a Muslim who converted to Bahá‟í faith in Cyprus in December 2010. Following her conversion, her deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran could risk her facing severe punishment under the Iranian Apostasy Law and losing custody of her daughter as her ex-husband‟s family threatened.
A/HRC/21/49
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