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

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86<br />

Date<br />

Type<br />

05/07/2012<br />

JUA<br />

06/07/2012<br />

JAL<br />

Case No<br />

Country Mandate(s) Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> allegati<strong>on</strong> transmitted Reply<br />

TUN 2/2012<br />

Tunisie<br />

OTH 6/2012<br />

O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

Cultural <strong>Rights</strong>;<br />

Freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

expressi<strong>on</strong>;<br />

Freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

religi<strong>on</strong>; Summary<br />

executi<strong>on</strong>s;<br />

Adequate housing;<br />

Extreme poverty;<br />

Food; Freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

expressi<strong>on</strong>;<br />

Freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

peaceful assembly<br />

and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> associati<strong>on</strong>;<br />

Indigenous peoples;<br />

Water and<br />

Sanitati<strong>on</strong>;<br />

Allégati<strong>on</strong>s relatives à des atteintes commises à l‘enc<strong>on</strong>tre des libertés artistique et<br />

académique en Tunisie, sous la pressi<strong>on</strong> notamment de groupes dits « salafistes ».<br />

Sel<strong>on</strong> les informati<strong>on</strong>s reçues, de graves incidents, impliquant violences et<br />

menaces c<strong>on</strong>tre des artistes et des membres du pers<strong>on</strong>nel académique, se seraient<br />

produits, en juin 2012 à l‘occasi<strong>on</strong> de la tenue de la foire d‘art c<strong>on</strong>temporain « Le<br />

printemps des Arts », de même que, depuis la fin de l‘année 2011, au sein de<br />

divers établissements d‘enseignement supérieur. Le doyen de la Faculté des<br />

Lettres, des Arts et des <strong>Human</strong>ités de l‘Université de la Manouba, M. Habib<br />

Kazdaghli, aurait subi des violences et des pressi<strong>on</strong>s de la part des groupes<br />

salafistes. Deux jeunes blogueurs, MM. Djabeur Mejri et Ghazi Bedji, auraient été<br />

c<strong>on</strong>damnés à sept ans de pris<strong>on</strong> pour avoir diffusé sur Facebook des caricatures de<br />

Mahomet. M. Nabil Karoui, propriétaire de la chaîne de télévisi<strong>on</strong> Nessma TV,<br />

aurait été c<strong>on</strong>damné à une amende pour la diffusi<strong>on</strong> du film « Persépolis » en<br />

octobre 2011, c<strong>on</strong>tenant des scènes avec un Dieu pers<strong>on</strong>nifié.<br />

Alleged negative impacts <strong>on</strong> human rights <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> affected communities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a proposed<br />

Bangladesh domestic policy permitting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> an open-pit coal mine<br />

in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> township <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Phulbari. C<strong>on</strong>cerns transmitted to GCM Resources plc, which<br />

through its subsidiary Asia Energy Corporati<strong>on</strong> (Bangladesh) Pty Ltd works under<br />

a c<strong>on</strong>tract with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Government <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bangladesh <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Phulbari Coal Mine project.<br />

According to informati<strong>on</strong> received, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> open-pit coal mine in Phulbari, if<br />

c<strong>on</strong>structed, would have a significant impact <strong>on</strong> food producti<strong>on</strong> and access by<br />

destroying approximately 12,000 acres <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> productive agricultural land, and <strong>on</strong><br />

water access by lowering <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> water table 12 to 25 metres and potentially pois<strong>on</strong>ing<br />

water sources. The proposed mine would allegedly displace up to 220,000 people<br />

over time, 50,000 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whom are indigenous peoples bel<strong>on</strong>ging to <str<strong>on</strong>g>23</str<strong>on</strong>g> different tribal<br />

groups. Current plans reportedly do not provide adequate compensati<strong>on</strong> or<br />

resettlement, and have not included c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong>s with affected communities.<br />

Finally, allegati<strong>on</strong>s have been raised c<strong>on</strong>cerning c<strong>on</strong>tinued efforts to stop human<br />

rights defenders from protesting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Phulbari coal mine and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> resulting<br />

infringements <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir rights to freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> expressi<strong>on</strong> and peaceful assembly.<br />

30/11/2012<br />

07/12/2012<br />

31/01/2013<br />

A/<str<strong>on</strong>g>HRC</str<strong>on</strong>g>/<str<strong>on</strong>g>23</str<strong>on</strong>g>/<str<strong>on</strong>g>51</str<strong>on</strong>g>

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