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GENERAL Council E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 24 March 2004 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixtieth session Item 11 (b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTIONS OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Report of the Special Rapporteur, on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Asma Jahangir Addendum ∗ Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received ∗ The present document is being circulated in the languages of submission only as it greatly exceeds the page limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly resolutions GE.04-12275 E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 page 2 Contents Paragraphs Page Introduction 1 – 2 4 Summary of cases transmitted and replies received 3 – 632 4 Algeria 3 4 Angola 4 – 7 4 Argentina 8 – 18 5 Azerbaijan 19 – 22 9 Bangladesh 23 – 26 10 Belgium 27 – 28 12 Bolivia 29 – 34 13 Brazil 35 – 37 15 Bulgaria 38 – 39 16 Cambodia 40 – 41 17 Chad 42 18 China 43 – 76 18 Colombia 77 – 135 25 Costa Rica 136 45 Côte d’Ivoire 137 – 138 45 Democratic Republic of the Congo 139 – 140 46 Ecuador 141 47 Egypt 142 -150 47 El Salvador 151 – 152 49 Equatorial Guinea 153 50 Gambia 154 50 Ghana 155 51 Guatemala 156 – 171 52 Guinea-Bissau 172 – 173 55 Guyana 174 56 Haiti 175 – 183 56 Honduras 184 – 192 59 India 193 – 210 62 Indonesia 211 – 224 68 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 225 – 233 71 Iraq 234 – 241 73 Israel 242 – 276 75 Jamaica 277 – 279 80 Kenya 280 – 284 81 Kyrgyzstan 285 – 286 82 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 287 83 Malaysia 288 – 296 83 E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 page 3 Contents (continued) Paragraphs Page Mexico 297 – 314 85 Myanmar 315 – 334 93 Nepal 335 – 337 96 Nicaragua 338 – 339 97 Pakistan 340 – 507 98 Peru 508 – 510 121 Russian Federation 511 122 Saudi Arabia 512 – 515 122 Serbia and Montenegro 516 – 522 124 Sierra Leone 523 126 Singapore 524 – 525 126 Sri Lanka 526 – 539 127 Sudan 540 – 553 132 Swaziland 554 136 Sweden 555 – 556 136 Thailand 557 – 558 137 Turkey 559 – 561 138 Turkmenistan 562 – 564 139 Uganda 565 140 Ukraine 566 – 568 141 United States of America 569 – 584 142 Uruguay 585 – 586 147 Uzbekistan 587 – 600 148 Venezuela 601 – 604 152 Viet Nam 605 – 608 154 Yemen 609 – 613 155 Zimbabwe 614 – 631 157 Palestinian Authority 632 161 E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 page 4 Introduction 1. This addendum to the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions describes 65 country situations and gives an account of actions undertaken by the Special Rapporteur from 2 December 2002 to 1 December 2003. It also contains in summary form the replies received from Governments to her communications, as well as observations of the Special Rapporteur where considered appropriate. 2. Owing to restrictions on the length of documents, the Special Rapporteur has been obliged to reduce details of communications sent and received. As a result, requests from Governments to publish their replies in their totality could not be acceded to. SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES RECEIVED Algeria Communication reçue 3. Dans une lettre datée du 4 décembre 2002, le Gouvernement algérien a répondu à un appel urgent conjoint envoyé par la Rapporteuse spéciale le 12 septembre 2002, conjointement avec la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général sur les défenseurs des droits de l’homme et le Rapporteur spécial sur l’indépendance des juges et des avocats, concernant le cas de Ahmed Ali Khelili. D’après le gouvernement, M. Khelili n’aurait pas cru bon de saisir la justice afin de porter à sa connaissance les faits allégués, l’empêchant ainsi de procéder à une enquête et de vérifier si les allégations étaient fondées ou non. D’après le gouvernement, selon la législation algérienne, un personne qui s’estime être victime d’agissements contraires à la loi a la faculté de déposer une plainte soit devant le Procureur de la République, soit directement par la voie de plainte avec constitution de partie civile, devant le Doyen des juges d’instruction, ce que M. Khelili n’aurait pas fait. Angola Communications sent 4. On 4 June 2003, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on torture, sent a communication to the Government of Angola regarding the following individual cases relating to allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment in Cabinda Province: 5. Vaba, a young man from Mbamanga village, by the Chiloango River, was reportedly detained by soldiers from the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) on 27 August 2002. Vaba was allegedly accused of spying for the Front for the Liberation of Cabinda Enclave (FLEC) and was reportedly beaten, tied to a stone and thrown into the river. E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 page 5 6. João Rodrigues Lourenço, a 53-year-old church worker, was reportedly brutally beaten on 22 November 2002 in Cochiloango, municipal district of Cacongo, by members of the military police, who were allegedly searching for information on the guerrilla movements in the area. His relatives reportedly found him dead three days later in a forest close to their village. The incident allegedly took place after FLEC guerillas ambushed an FAA vehicle. 7. On 23 July 2003, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, sent a communication to the Government of Angola in connection with the case of Amélia Teco Luemba, also known as Arlete, a 16-year-old woman from Cata- Chivava village, Necuto commune who was reportedly shot dead by an FAA soldier on 20 October 2002 as she was allegedly trying to escape being raped. Soldiers allegedly entered her house and took off her clothes, but she managed to escape half-naked outside, where she was reportedly killed. Argentina Llamamientos urgentes 8. El 25 de febrero de 2003, la Relatora Especial, junto con el Relator Especial sobre la promoción y protección del derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión, envió un llamamiento urgente en relación con la situación de la periodista Carla Britos, propietaria y directora del periódico mensual La Tapa en Guernica, provincia de Buenos Aires. Según las informaciones recibidas, la Sra. Britos continuaría siendo víctima de una serie de amenazas de muerte y actos de intimidación. La más reciente aconteció al atardecer del 14 de febrero de 2003, cuando Carla Britos habría sido violentamente abordada cerca de su casa por tres individuos no identificados que habrían amenazado con matar a ella y a su familia. Asimismo se informó de que Carla Britos habría denunciado las amenazas de muerte ante la Fiscalía de La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires. Tales amenazas estarían relacionadas con artículos sobre casos de corrupción publicados en La Tapa. El periódico habría informado sobre casos de corrupción en el municipio de Presidente Perón en los que estaba implicado el ex intendente, actualmente miembro de alta graduación del Servicio de Inteligencia del Estado (SIDE). 9. El 18 de agosto de 2003 la Relatora Especial, junto con el Relator Especial sobre la promoción y protección del derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión, envió un llamamiento urgente en relación con Carla Britos. De acuerdo con las informaciones recibidas, la Sra. Britos continuaría siendo víctima de actos de intimidación. Durante la medianoche del 13 de julio de 2003, mientras dormían, Carla Britos y su familia habrían oido un ruido en el exterior de la casa. Más tarde, sobre las tres de la madrugada, Carla Britos, su esposo y sus cuatros hijos se habrían despertado a consecuencia del humo que invadía sus dormitorios ya que la parte trasera de su casa de madera estaba ardiendo. Habrían conseguido apagar el fuego y alertaron a los policías, quienes permanecerían estacionados a unos 20 metros de la casa. Asimismo, se informó de que Carla Britos habría denunciado las amenazas de muerte ante la Fiscalía de La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires. Existiría preocupación de que este ataque, al igual que los anteriores, E/CN.4/2004/7/Add.1 page 6 guarde relación con la publicación en La Tapa de artículos sobre casos de corrupción en el municipio de Presidente Perón en los que estaría implicado un ex intendente, actualmente miembro de alta graduación delSIDE. 10. El 24 de octubre de 2003, la Relatora Especial, junto con el Relator Especial sobre la promoción y protección del derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión, envió un llamamiento urgente en relación con Carla Britos. De acuerdo con las informaciones recibidas, el 5 de octubre de 2003, la Sra. Britos habría sido forzada a ingresar a un vehículo por un hombre, quien presuntamente le habría apuntado con una pistola en la espalda. La Sra. Britos habría sido conducida al interior del mencionado vehículo junto con otros dos hombres, quienes la habrían amenazado advirtiéndole:“en Guernica manda Rodríguez y se hace lo que Oscar Rodríguez dice[…]. cuándo lo van a entender…”. Pocos instantes después, al momento de ser liberada, le habrían advertido:“bájate, pero la próxima vez no volvés a casa”. Asimismo se alega que, aparte de las medidas de protección policial con las que contaría la Sra. Britos, las autoridades no habrían ejercido acciones en contra de los responsables de tales amenazas. 11. El 6 de noviembre de 2003, la Relatora Especial, junto con el Relator Especial sobre la cuestión de la tortura y la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la situación de los defensores de los derechos humanos, envió un llamamiento urgente sobre la situación de María Dolores Gómez, defensora oficial en el Departamento judicial de San Isidro, provincia de Buenos Aires.
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