A/HRC/23/51 - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

Date
Type
05/12/2012
JUA
05/12/2012
JAL
Case No
Country Mandate(s) Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> allegation transmitted Reply
KAZ 7/2012
Kazakhstan
TUN 6/2012
Tunisie
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
expression; Freedom
<strong>of</strong> peaceful assembly
and <strong>of</strong> association;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence <strong>of</strong>
judges and lawyers;
Freedom <strong>of</strong> peaceful
assembly and <strong>of</strong>
association; Human
rights defenders;
Summary executions;
Alleged sentencing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chair <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Co-ordination Committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
People‘s Party ―Alga!‖ and lawsuit against independent media outlets in <strong>the</strong>
wake <strong>of</strong> his trial. According to <strong>the</strong> information received, Mr. Vladimir
Ivanovich Kozlov was found guilty by <strong>the</strong> first instance court <strong>of</strong> Aktau city
and sentenced to seven and a half years <strong>of</strong> imprisonment with confiscation
<strong>of</strong> property in connection to <strong>the</strong> charges ―instigating social, ethnic, tribal,
racial or religious enmity‖, ―calling for forcible overthrow or change <strong>of</strong>
constitutional order or for forcible disruption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> territorial integrity <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong> Kazakhstan‖, and ―creating and leading <strong>of</strong> an organized
criminal group‖. It is reported that <strong>the</strong> trial <strong>of</strong> Mr. Kozlov suffered from
important shortcomings. Additionally, it has been reported that, in <strong>the</strong> wake
<strong>of</strong> Mr. Kozlov‘s trial, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prosecutor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Republic <strong>of</strong>
Kazakhstan initiated a lawsuit against a number <strong>of</strong> independent media
outlets, including <strong>the</strong> newspapers Respublika and Vzglyad; <strong>the</strong> TV station
K+ and <strong>the</strong> online video portal Stan.tv.
Allégations d‘assassinat d'un activiste politique et syndicaliste. Selon les
informations reçues, le 18 octobre 2012, M. Mohamed Lotfi Naguedh,
coordinateur régional du parti politique Nida Tounes et Secrétaire Général
de l‘Union Régionale de l‘Agriculture et de la Pêche, aurait été attaqué par
un groupe de manifestants, composé principalement de partisans d‘Ennahda
et de la Ligue de la Protection de la Révolution. L'activiste aurait été
transporté à l‘hôpital, où il serait mort des suites de ses blessures. L'incident
se serait produit pendant une manifestation à Tataouine, organisée par des
partisans d‘Ennahda, du Congrès de la République, de la Ligue Populaire de
la Protection de la Révolution et d‘autres membres de la société civile, dont
le but était de demander aux responsables des institutions publiques de
l‘ancien Gouvernement de renoncer à leurs emplois. Préalablement à cet
incident, M. Naguedh avait demandé une protection policière au chef de la
police locale, mais sa demande avait été rejetée.
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