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

Date
Type
05/07/2012
JAL
05/07/2012
AL
Case No
Country Mandate(s) Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> allegation transmitted Reply
BRA 7/2012
Brazil
GBR 2/2012
United
Kingdom <strong>of</strong>
Great Britain
and Nor<strong>the</strong>rn
Ireland
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
expression;
Freedom <strong>of</strong>
peaceful assembly
and <strong>of</strong> association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Alleged killing <strong>of</strong> human rights defenders. According to <strong>the</strong> information received,
Messers. Almir Nogueira de Amorim and João Luiz Telles Penetra left Rio de
Janeiro on 22 June 2012 to go fishing in Guanabara Bay. Their bodies were found
in Guanabara Bay on 24 and 25 June respectively. Mr. Telles Penetra‘s body was
found bound by his hands and feet. Mr. Nogueira de Amorim‘s body was found
tied to his boat with bruises on his neck and holes in <strong>the</strong> hull <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> boat. Messrs.
Nogueira de Amorim and Telles Penetra were both leading members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
Associação Homens do Mar – AHOMAR (Association <strong>of</strong> Sea Men), set up in
2009 to defend <strong>the</strong> rights <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fisher-folk working in Rio de Janeiro, in particular
those affected by <strong>the</strong> planned construction <strong>of</strong> a gas pipeline by oil company
Petrobras in Guaxindiba river.
Allegations <strong>of</strong> widespread and systematic torture committed by British authorities
in Kenya prior to its independence. According to <strong>the</strong> information received, Mr.
Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Mr. Paulo Muoka Nzili, Ms. Jane Muthoni Mara, Ms.
Naomi Nziula Kimweli and Mr. Samuel Kimweli Mbithuka Kilatya, all Kenyan
nationals and members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mau Mau war Veterans‘ Association (MMWVA;
advocacy group registered in Kenya) claim that <strong>the</strong>y were victims <strong>of</strong> grave acts <strong>of</strong>
torture committed by agents and employees <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British authorities in Kenya
between 1952 and 1960 prior to Kenyan independence on 12 December 1963 (―<strong>the</strong>
Kenya Emergency‖). They are seeking redress from <strong>the</strong> British Government. Mr.
Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Mr. Paulo Muoka Nzili and Ms. Jane Muthoni Mara lodged
a case in <strong>the</strong> <strong>High</strong> Court in London and it is reported that <strong>the</strong> British authorities are
arguing that <strong>the</strong> claim is time barred by virtue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Limitation Act 1980.
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