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562 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies
received
    27 Sep 2023
    Republic of Korea
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations of abuse and exploitation of migrant workers in the Republic of Korea which reportedly continues to take place despite recent measures introduced in 2021.
Alleged victims: -
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    31 Aug 2023
    Dominican Republic
    JAL
  • migrants
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • racism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
información adicional recibida en relación con nuestra comunicación anterior UA DOM 2/2021, de 10 de diciembre de 2021, sobre la situación de presuntas detenciones y deportaciones masivas de mujeres haitianas embarazadas y lactantes, sin tener en cuenta sus vulnerabilidades específicas. Agradecemos la respuesta del Estado al respecto, recibida el 21 de febrero de 2022. Sin embargo, quisiéramos reiterar nuestra preocupación por las posibles violaciones de los derechos fundamentales, incluidos los derechos de los migrantes, refugiados, solicitantes de asilo y apátridas.
Alleged victims: 171800
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07 Nov 2023
    30 Aug 2023
    Mexico
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • independence of judges and lawyers
Información recibida sobre la muerte de 40 migrantes y decenas de heridos en el incendio del 27 de marzo de 2023 en el centro de detención de inmigrantes de Ciudad Juárez, así como su privación de libertad y posterior intimidación de las víctimas y obstáculos en la investigación.
Alleged victims: 83
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    30 Aug 2023
    France
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • poverty
  • racism
Informations reçues concernant les politiques d’expulsion des migrants sans papiers et de l’éradication des habitats informels occupés principalement par des migrants, sans aucune consultation ou solution de relogement fournie aux communautés affectées. Selon les informations recueillies, ces politiques n’ont pas pris en compte l’extrême vulnérabilité des communautés de migrants. Les migrants sans papiers sont présumément expulsés en violation du principe de non-refoulement, sans évaluation individuelle ni garantie de procédure régulière, tandis que les habitats informels sont ciblés pour être détruits sans aucune consultation de leurs résidents ni fourniture d’un logement alternatif adéquat.
Alleged victims: 200
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30 Oct 2023
    17 Aug 2023
    Tunisia
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • internally displaced persons
  • racism
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant le cadre de partenariat stratégique et global entre le gouvernement de la Tunisie et l'Union européenne, qui pourrait constituer une violation du principe de non-refoulement et des droits de l'homme des migrants, y compris des enfants.
Alleged victims: 365
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    17 Aug 2023
    Permanent Delegation of the European Union
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • internally displaced persons
  • racism
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
information received concerning the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership Framework between the Government of Tunisia and the European Union, whose future implementation of modalities could give rise to possible violation of the principle of non-refoulement and the human rights of migrants, including children.
Alleged victims: 365
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13 Oct 2023
    16 Aug 2023
    Greece
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • racism
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the death of at least 82 persons on the move and probably up to 600 persons reportedly disappeared following the sinking of the fishing boat “Adriana” off the Greek coast on 14 June 2023.
Alleged victims: 750
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    15 Aug 2023
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest and alleged enforced disappearance of Mr. Reda Hussein, a Lebanese national, on 7 March 2023, on the way to his workplace in Breda, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reportedly by agents of Saudi security forces.
Alleged victims: 1
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09 Oct 2023
    15 Aug 2023
    Rapid Response Forces
    JAL
  • violence against women and girls
  • arbitrary Detention
  • development
  • disappearances
  • Eritrea
  • executions
  • human rights defenders
  • internally displaced persons
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women and girls
Information received concerning repeated widespread and credible allegations of sexual violence, harassment and abuse by the Rapid Response Forces (RSF) against women and girls in conflict-affected areas, particularly against refugee and internally displaced persons.
Alleged victims: 1
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    07 Aug 2023
    Switzerland
    JAL
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une femme migrante sans papiers qui, après avoir signalé une agression violente aux autorités suisses, a été condamnée pour séjour irrégulier et risque maintenant l'expulsion.
Alleged victims: 1
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03 Oct 2023
    07 Aug 2023
    Greece
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • executions
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received concerning the extrajudicial, arbitrary and collective expulsion of asylum seekers from Greece.
Alleged victims: 9
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    18 Jul 2023
    China
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention of at least 2,000 individuals from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), among which approximately 70 percent are women, in China, and their risk of refoulement to the DPRK, which may put them at risk of serious human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killings.
Alleged victims: 2000
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13 Sep 2023
    13 Jul 2023
    Sweden
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the ongoing risk faced by a medical doctor of being subjected to deportation proceedings from Sweden to Egypt, in violation of the non-refoulement principle, where she would be at risk of being subjected to torture and to the potential imposition of the death penalty.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Sep 2023
    07 Jul 2023
    Ethiopia
    JUA
  • Eritrea
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
Information received regarding the alleged arbitrary detention and collective expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans from Ethiopia, in violation of the non-refoulement principle, exposing them to the risk of being subjected to serious human rights violations, including torture, enforced disappearence and arbitrary detention.
Alleged victims: 400
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    03 Jul 2023
    Greece
    JUA
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
Information received concerning the halt of food provision to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in the Mavrovouni Closed Controlled Access Centre (C.C.A.C.) on the island of Lesvos in Greece and the detrimental effects it has on the human rights of the individuals residing in this reception facility. The reported instances of deliberate food insecurity imposed upon individuals who are not part of the formal asylum process (including recognized refugees and individuals whose protection claims have been rejected) in Lesvos, constitute clear violations of their human rights to sufficient access to food, healthcare, and clean water.
Alleged victims: 500
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    27 Jun 2023
    Georgia
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
Information received concerning the alleged refusal of entry to Georgia for human rights defenders Ms. Dariana Gryaznova and Mr. Evgenii Smirnov and the alleged recognition as a “threat to national security” and revocation of the residence permit of the latter, all of which were allegedly related to their legitimate human rights work, as well as the allegations that they have not been provided with information and documents concerning these decisions.
Alleged victims: 2
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    09 Jun 2023
    Türkiye
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
  • torture
Information received concerning the risk of imminent risk of refoulement of 104 members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light religious minority to their countries of origin, where they may suffer serious human rights violations and abuses due to their religious affiliation.
Alleged victims: 210
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08 Aug 2023
    24 May 2023
    Chile
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • human rights defenders
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con la tramitación de proyectos de ley, principalmente de los contenidos en los boletines n°15.261-25 y n°15.439-06 que modifican la ley nº21.325, de Migración y Extranjería y la ley n°20.430, que establece disposiciones sobre protección de refugiados, por su posible impacto en los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes, solicitantes de asilo, y refugiadas.
Alleged victims: -
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26 May 2023
03 Jul 2023
    11 May 2023
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • sale of children
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the situation of children and women, mostly of refugee, asylum-seeking and minority background, including unaccompanied and separated children, who continue to face a heightened risk of abuse and exploitation including by being subjected to immigration detention, extortion, sale, child forced labour, trafficking, sexual exploitation, child forced marriage and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls, in the aftermath of recent earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
Alleged victims: -
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10 Aug 2023
    10 May 2023
    United States of America
    JAL
  • violence against women and girls
  • disability
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • poverty
  • privacy
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • torture
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the grave and alarming deterioration in the access of women and girls to comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare, including abortion, following the United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and the direct and indirect violations of international human rights law as a result of the decision.
Alleged victims: 500000000
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30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
30 Aug 2023
    04 May 2023
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • racism
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning the introduction of the “Illegal Migration Bill” (hereinafter “the Bill”), and the impact it would have, if adopted, on the human rights of migrants, including those in need of international protection.
Alleged victims: -
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    02 May 2023
    Libya
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • slavery
Information received concerning alleged trafficking of a group of more than 700 people, including children, allegedly trafficked and detained in unlawful places of detention under the control of traffickers, including in a warehouse in Tazirbu. We would also like to bring to your attention the situation of 120 persons who were allegedly released by Libyan authorities, from an unofficial place of detention, in February 2023, and subsequently transferred to an undisclosed location, where it is alleged, they continued to be detained, without being provided with access to lawyers, or to any assistance or protection, and with limited investigations undertaken in relation to the allegations of trafficking and other serious human rights violations, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, rape and sexual violence, and the risk of enforced disappearance, forced labour and sexual slavery. In this context we would also like to bring to your Excellency’s Government attention information we have received concerning alleged trafficking of a group of more than 700 people, including children, allegedly trafficked and detained under the control of traffickers, in locations in Tazirbu, and who have been allegedly released by Libyan authorities in previous operations.
Alleged victims: 1451
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    18 Apr 2023
    Japan
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the new amendment bill to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
Alleged victims: -
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11 Oct 2023
    30 Mar 2023
    Belgium
    JAL
  • migrants
  • health
  • housing
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant la détérioration continue du système d’accueil des demandeurs d’asile en Belgique depuis 2021, ce qui aurait conduit à ce que des milliers de demandeurs d’asile, dont des familles et des enfants, sans abri, vivent dans la rue et dans des campements informels dans des conditions précaires et insalubres.
Alleged victims: 1
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31 May 2023
    28 Mar 2023
    Tunisia
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
Informations avons reçues concernant des allégations de racisme, de discrimination raciale et de discrimination xénophobe en Tunisie, y compris des discours de haine et des violences xénophobes, à l'encontre de migrants originaires d'Afrique subsaharienne, ainsi que de détention arbitraire de ces migrants.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Jun 2023
    02 Mar 2023
    Latvia
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
Information received concerning the alleged undue use of criminal proceedings against human rights defenders Ieva Raubiško and Egils Grasmanis.
Alleged victims: 2
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28 Apr 2023
    13 Feb 2023
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning missing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, who are placed in hotels, and their vulnerability to the serious human rights violation and serious crime of trafficking in children.
Alleged victims: -
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    08 Feb 2023
    Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
    JAL
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
Información recibida con relación al persistente flujo migratorio que incrementa los factores de riesgo y la exposición de la población venezolana a la trata de personas y a formas contemporáneas de esclavitud, tanto en Venezuela, como en los países de tránsito y destino. En este marco, quisiéramos traer a su atención presuntos casos de violencia sexual y física y prostitución forzada en el Arco Minero del Orinoco en Venezuela.
Alleged victims: -
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    07 Feb 2023
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant la nature exploitante du système de Kafala y compris l’exclusion de protection juridique des travailleurs domestiques migrants de la législation du travail libanais, ainsi que contre les violences basées sur le genre, y compris la discrimination, le harcèlement, et les abus sexuels envers les travailleuses domestiques migrantes.
Alleged victims: -
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05 Jun 2023
    07 Feb 2023
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning alleged due process violations and other worrying developments related to the ongoing trial of human rights defenders in Trapani and the regulation of civilian search and rescue in Italy.
Alleged victims: 4
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28 Apr 2023
    29 Dec 2022
    Twitter Inc.
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Twitter. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
Alleged victims: -
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    29 Dec 2022
    Google
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
Alleged victims: -
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    29 Dec 2022
    Facebook
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
Alleged victims: -
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    29 Dec 2022
    Apple
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, including misogynistic hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media, especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
Alleged victims: -
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13 Mar 2023
    28 Dec 2022
    Greece
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning criminal investigations allegedly opened against human rights defenders Panayote Dimitras,Tommy Olsen, Madi Williamson and Ruhi Akhtar.
Alleged victims: 4
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24 Feb 2023
    09 Dec 2022
    Panama
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • health
  • older persons
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
Información recibida en relación con la situación humanitaria en el Tapón del Darién, que afecta a las personas migrantes que transitan a través de esta ruta, así como alegaciones respecto a la situación en las Estaciones de Recepción de Migrantes (ERM) de Panamá, donde las personas migrantes que llegan a través del Darién se encontrarían supuestamente privadas de libertad, en condiciones deplorables e insalubres, y expuestas a situaciones de abuso por parte de las autoridades que gestionan estos centros.
Alleged victims: -
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13 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
17 Feb 2023
    28 Nov 2022
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
Informations concernant le renvoi auprès de la juridiction militaire libanaise, de l'enquête sur la mort de M. Bashar Abdel Saud, un réfugié syrien, qui serait décédé le 31 août 2022 peu après avoir été arrêté et torturé par les forces de sécurité libanaises, et l'absence suivante d'une enquête effective, impartiale et indépendante sur les circonstances de sa mort. Ce cas ferait partie d'une série de cas de civils soumis à des actes de torture et disparitions forcées qui auraient été transférés à des tribunaux militaires qui ne respectent pas les normes d'indépendance et d'impartialité requises pour les procédures judiciaires en vertu du droit international.
Alleged victims: 1
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03 Mar 2023
    23 Nov 2022
    United States of America
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • racism
Information concerning current migration and border governance policies adopted by the United States of America since 2020, which have reportedly hindered protection seeking migrants’ access to the U.S. territory and to asylum procedures in the country. Concerns include allegations of collective expulsions carried out at the border with Mexico under the authority of Title 42 of the U. S. Code, including recent expulsions of thousands of Venezuelan nationals without adequate procedural safeguards, including against refoulement.
Alleged victims: -
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    23 Nov 2022
    Peru
    JOL
  • housing
  • migrants
Comentarios sobre el Proyecto de ley unificado de 7 proyectos de ley y enmiendas legislativas, las cuales promueven la modificación de los artículos 10, 45, 61 y 63 del Decreto Legislativo 1350, denominado Decreto Legislativo de Migraciones.
Alleged victims: 1
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    22 Nov 2022
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
Information concerning the risk of imminent execution of Mr. Hussein Abo al-Kheir, a 57-year-old Jordanian citizen, for drug related offenses that does not meet the threshold for “most serious crimes” in a context that continues to indicate a highly alarming acceleration of executions, including of non-nationals, for this type of offence in the country.
Alleged victims: 1
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22 Mar 2023
    31 Oct 2022
    Tajikistan
    JUA
  • migrants
  • disability
  • sale of children
Information concerning the ongoing risk of refoulement of Afghan nationals, including women, children and persons with disabilities and the denial of their access to justice in Tajikistan.
Alleged victims: -
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    03 Oct 2022
    Singapore
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
Information concerning allegations of violations of the human rights of migrant workers with respect to the issuance of “popular places passes” targeting migrant workers; and limitations to their job mobility in Singapore.
Alleged victims: -
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02 Dec 2022
    03 Oct 2022
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information we have received concerning allegations of cross-border artillery shelling and small arms fire allegedly by Saudi security forces causing the deaths of up to 430 and injuring 650 migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, in Sa'dah governorate, Yemen, and Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, between 1 January and 30 April 2022. These events appear to occur as part of a series of gross human rights violations against migrants, including torture, arbitrary detention, trafficking in person, and sexual abuse, in the adjacent border region in Yemen. It is alleged that neither the Saudi nor the Yemeni authorities have launched effective investigations to clarify the circumstances of these events and the deaths caused.
Alleged victims: 430
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02 Dec 2022
02 Mar 2023
    03 Oct 2022
    Mr. Hisham Sharaf
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received concerning allegations of cross-border artillery shelling and small arms fire allegedly by Saudi security forces causing the deaths of up to 430 and injuring 650 migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, in Sa'dah governorate, Yemen, and Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, between 1 January and 30 April 2022. These events appear to occur as part of a series of gross human rights violations against migrants, including torture, arbitrary detention, trafficking in person, and sexual abuse, in the adjacent border region in Yemen. It is alleged that neither the Saudi nor the de facto Yemeni authorities have launched effective investigations to clarify the circumstances of these events and the deaths caused.
Alleged victims: 430
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    23 Sep 2022
    Libya
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
Information received concerning the failure to conduct effective investigations into the potentially unlawful deaths of Mr. Ibrahim Alhamil on 20 November 2013, Mr. Suwayh Mahmud Alhamil on 17 November 2014, and Mr. Murad Alhamil on 11 June 2014 in Tarhuna when the region was reportedly under the control of the Al-Kany militia; as well as into the disappearance, torture and subsequent death in custody of Mr. Abdulaziz Salem Husain Bashasha on 13 August 2021; and into the alleged killing of Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Qamoudi Zoiat on 12 August 2021, in the course of an interception at sea off the Libyan coast, by unidentified armed men believed to belong to the Stabilisation Support Agency.
Alleged victims: 5
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    21 Sep 2022
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • executions
  • disappearances
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant l'absence d'enquêtes efficaces et indépendantes, visant à identifier des personnes décédées ou disparues et à clarifier les causes et les circonstances de leur décès, suite au naufrage survenu au large des côtes de Tripoli le 23 avril 2022, et ayant entraîné la mort d'au moins sept personnes, tandis que 33 personnes sont toujours portées disparues. Cet incident semble s'inscrire dans un contexte marqué par une absence de volonté d’enquêter et d'une impunité endémique s’agissant d’accidents de navires impliquant des personnes en situation de déplacement, notamment des migrants, des réfugiés et des demandeurs d'asile.
Alleged victims: 59
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29 Nov 2022
    22 Aug 2022
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • violence against women and girls
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • women and girls
Letter addressed to the UK following their decision to ratify the Istanbul Convention while entering a reservation to its Article 59 on migrant women, which infringes their commitments to CEDAW.
Alleged victims: -
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11 Jan 2023
    17 Aug 2022
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information regarding some of the provisions of the draft Bill of Rights that may undermine the enjoyment of human rights in the UK, including, in particular, the rights to fair trial, effective remedy, equality before the courts, equality before the law, and non-discrimination.
Alleged victims: 1
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    17 Aug 2022
    Libya
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
Information received concerning the alleged attacks, detention and ill-treatment of human rights defenders who provide humanitarian assistance to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees and support their rights.
Alleged victims: -
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    03 Aug 2022
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information we have received concerning Mr. Abdul Rahim bin Shapiee, a Singaporean national of Malay ethnicity convicted for drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, scheduled to be executed on 5 August 2022.
Alleged victims: 1
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16 Sep 2022
    22 Jul 2022
    Thailand
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the imminent threat to the life and security of Mr. Faraz Pervaiz, a Pakistani national belonging to the Christian religious minority, who left Pakistan to seek protection from religious persecution and who faces a risk of refoulement to his country of origin.
Alleged victims: 1
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26 Jul 2022
02 Nov 2022
    19 Jul 2022
    Greece
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
Information received concerning smears and threats directed at human rights defender Iasonas Apostolopoulos.
Alleged victims: 1
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13 Sep 2022
    13 Jul 2022
    Spain
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • executions
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con el presunto uso excesivo y letal de la fuerza contra migrantes, incluidos refugiados y solicitantes de asilo, de ascendencia africana, en Melilla que resultó en la muerte de al menos 37 personas migrantes y en la lesión de otras decenas al intentar cruzar la frontera entre Marruecos y España. Además, nos preocupan seriamente los informes recibidos sobre los entierros masivos de los muertos ocurridos durante estos incidentes, que pueden causar un daño irreversible a las víctimas y a sus familias. Se alega que este incidente se enmarcaría en una serie de casos anteriormente señalados de uso excesivo de la fuerza hacia personas migrantes en la frontera hispano-marroquí, supuestamente basados en la discriminación racial y que con frecuencia darían lugar a violaciones del derecho a la vida y del principio no derogable de non-refoulement ( ESP 3/2021).
Alleged victims: 37
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15 Jul 2022
04 Aug 2022
14 Oct 2022
22 Feb 2023
    13 Jul 2022
    Morocco
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • executions
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allégations d’usage excessif et létal de la force à l’encontre de migrants d’ascendance africaine, notamment des réfugiés et des requérants d’asile, à Melilla, qui a provoqué la mort d'au moins 37 migrants et blessé des dizaines d'autres alors qu'ils traversaient la frontière entre le Maroc et l'Espagne. En outre, nous sommes gravement préoccupés par les rapports faisant état de l'enterrement collectif des personnes tuées lors de ces incidents, ce qui risque de causer un préjudice irréversible aux victimes et à leurs familles. Cet incident s'inscrirait dans le cadre de cas déjà signalés de recours excessif à la force à l'encontre de migrants à la frontière hispano-marocaine, qui seraient fondés sur la discrimination raciale et entraîneraient souvent des violations du droit à la vie et du principe non dérogeable de non-refoulement (MAR 3/2021).
Alleged victims: 37
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12 Sep 2022
    05 Jul 2022
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the case of Mr. Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh, a Malaysian national convicted for drug trafficking and drug possession, scheduled to be executed on 7 July 2022.
Alleged victims: 1
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    05 Jul 2022
    Mexico
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con el secuestro del Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz, y la situación de riesgo continua en la que se encuentra por su trabajo en defensa de los derechos de las personas migrantes.
Alleged victims: 1
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    01 Jul 2022
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • terrorism
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the Policy Paper, Memorandum of Understanding (the MOU) concluded between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement to strengthen shared international commitments on the protection of refugees and migrants", published on 14 April 2022 and its compliance with the State’s obligations under international human rights law.
Alleged victims: -
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    01 Jul 2022
    South Africa
    JAL
  • racism
  • executions
  • migrants
Information received concerning allegations of racism, racial and xenophobic discrimination, hate speech and xenophobic violence against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa, including recent manifestations of xenophobic violence and hate speech related to the so-called “Operation Dudula” campaign.
Alleged victims: 404
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30 Aug 2022
    30 Jun 2022
    Egypt
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and prosecution of Mr. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo, who faces the risk of an imminent deportation.
Alleged victims: 2
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    17 Jun 2022
    Republic of Korea
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
Information received concerning the allegations of ill-treatment of migrants, including asylum seekers, held in immigration detention centres in the Republic of Korea, including the use of solitary confinement and excessive physical means of restraint, as well as the lack of access to adequate health services to individuals with mental health conditions.
Alleged victims: -
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09 Aug 2022
    01 Jun 2022
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning changes made to the Overseas Domestic Worker visa in April 2012, amendments made to the Immigration Bill which in May 2016 became the Immigration Act 2016, and the consequences of these legislative changes.
Alleged victims: -
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    26 May 2022
    Georgia
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of deportation of Mr. Maan al-Jaraba, a Saudi national, from Georgia to Saudi Arabia. We are concerned that should he be deported, he may be subject to arbitrary detention, unfair trial, possibly torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and death penalty for expressing dissenting political views.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Aug 2022
    24 May 2022
    Uganda
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
Information received concerning repeated, years-long attacks against defenders of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people living in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda.
Alleged victims: 10
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    19 May 2022
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the criminal prosecution of three individuals for acts of solidarity with people seeking asylum from persecution.
Alleged victims: 3
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14 Jun 2022
    17 May 2022
    Guatemala
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • migrants
Información recibida en cuanto al uso sistemático del régimen legal referente a los Estados de Excepción en Guatemala y la aplicación de los mismos al municipio de El Estor, departamento de Izabal en octubre de 2021 como respuesta a crecientes tensiones sociales en la zona. Preocupa en particular el uso del Estado de Sitio, la tipología más restrictiva del Estado de Excepción, que puede ser decretado por el ejecutivo cuando considere que en la zona en cuestión se llevan a cabo actividades terroristas, sediciosas, de rebelión o haya indicios fundados de actos violentos enumerados en la correspondiente normativa (Decreto no. 7 “Ley de Orden Público” de 1965).
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Jul 2022
    05 May 2022
    Nicaragua
    JOL
  • terrorism
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Comentarios sobre la Ley General de Regulación y control de Organismos sin Fines de Lucro (la "Ley de OSFL"), que introduce amplios requisitos de registro y presentación de informes a las OSFL, así como severas sanciones administrativas para los organismos concernidos.
Alleged victims: -
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    27 Apr 2022
    Spain
    JOL
  • African Descent
  • migrants
  • racism
El Gobierno de España está considerando enmiendas a la Ley de Seguridad de los Ciudadanos de 2015 que afectaría a los derechos de los y las afrodescendientes..
Alleged victims: -
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18 Jul 2022
    27 Apr 2022
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the risk of imminent execution of Mr. Datchinamurthy Kataiah, a Malaysian national, scheduled for 29 April 2022, for drug related offenses that do not meet the threshold for “most serious crimes” and despite pending legal proceedings, in a context that appears to indicate an alarming acceleration of execution notices for this type of offense in the country.
Alleged victims: 1
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16 May 2022
    26 Apr 2022
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
Information received concerning concerning alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the UN against Ms. H’Thai Ayun and a group of women, victims of trafficking, who were repatriated from Saudi Arabia to Viet Nam, as well as their relatives. It is reported that such acts of reprisals are linked to the sharing of information and testimony about their situation with several mandate holders who addressed allegations with, and requested specific information from, your Excellency’s Government.
Alleged victims: 2
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25 Jul 2022
    19 Apr 2022
    France
    JUA
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
Informations reçues concernant le risque d’expulsion de M. Muhsinjon Akhmedov, un ressortissant ouzbek, malgré le risque de torture et d’autres mauvais traitements auxquels il pourrait être soumis à son retour dans son pays d’origine; ainsi que le risque de détention arbitraire, et ce, malgré le fait que nous ayons régulièrement exprimé notre préoccupation quant aux allégations de détention arbitraire, de mauvais traitements et de torture à l’encontre de personnes accusées d’extrémisme religieux en Ouzbékistan.
Alleged victims: 1
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07 Jul 2023
    14 Apr 2022
    Brazil
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning allegations of human rights violations against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The information we have received raises concerns that discriminatory policies and practices against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers violate your Government’s domestic law and its obligations under international law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (the Palermo Protocol), and the international standards contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA). We are alarmed by reports that systemic racial discrimination and racist violence against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers have been exacerbated in recent years, with this regression accelerated by the public and private response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alleged victims: -
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26 Sep 2022
    07 Apr 2022
    Serbia
    JOL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning a draft law on Seasonal and Other Occasional Employment in Specific Business Activities (“Draft Law”) proposed by your Excellency’s Government that if adopted, may impinge on the exercise of the right to freedom of association, including the right to form and join a trade union and collective bargaining, the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, specifically the right to strike, and the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the labour sector.
Alleged victims: -
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13 May 2022
    30 Mar 2022
    Poland
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • health
  • torture
Information received concerning the situation of migrants and asylum seekers, including families and children, attempting to reach Poland through its border with Belarus. Concerns include persons allegedly stranded at the border, as well as those who are held in detention facilities in Poland, where they are allegedly subjected to dire conditions of detention.
Alleged victims: 1800
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27 May 2022
    02 Mar 2022
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged use of automatic immigration detention of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers, including children, arriving irregularly to Curaçao, where they are held in dire conditions of detention for indefinite periods of time.
Alleged victims: -
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29 Apr 2022
    25 Feb 2022
    Trinidad and Tobago
    JUA
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning the ongoing practice of pushbacks of migrants by the Coast Guard of Trinidad and Tobago, including a recent incident of interception of a boat with 39 Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers on board, including 10 children, and the alleged use of firearms during this operation, which reportedly resulted in the death of a one-year-old child and the injury of his mother.
Alleged victims: 39
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    18 Feb 2022
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disability
  • health
  • migrants
Information received concerning the imminent execution of two individuals with intellectual disabilities; Singaporean national Mr Roslan bin Bakar, whose lawyer is currently not practicing law, and of Malaysian national Mr Pausi bin Jefridin.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Mar 2022
    15 Feb 2022
    India
    JAL
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received regarding the alleged killing of Mr. Zia Mustafa in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir after he was removed from jail by the police and the alleged lack of investigation into his killing.
Alleged victims: 1
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    07 Feb 2022
    Algeria
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allégations de harcèlement de M. Faleh Hammoudi, défenseur des droits humains.
Alleged victims: 1
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06 Apr 2022
    24 Jan 2022
    Poland
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged attacks, short-term detentions, stop and search, harassment, and ill-treatment of human rights defenders assisting migrants and asylum-seekers near the Poland-Belarus border and monitoring and publicising their human rights situation, as well as the alleged lack of legal basis for the actions of the military.
Alleged victims: 5
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22 Mar 2022
    20 Jan 2022
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disability
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
New information received concerning the case of Mr. Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national with deteriorating mental health, who is at risk of imminent execution for drug offences in Singapore.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Mar 2022
    19 Jan 2022
    Trinidad and Tobago
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning allegations of forced returns of Venezuelan migrants, including asylum seekers, without any individualised assessment of their protection needs and risks faced upon return; as well as allegations of pushbacks carried out at sea by the Trinidadian authorities.
Alleged victims: 204
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    18 Jan 2022
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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15 Mar 2022
19 Apr 2022
    18 Jan 2022
    Sichuan Dinglong Electric Power Engineering
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Shandong Linglong Tire Co
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Serbia
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for the purpose of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Patrol 023 d.o.o. Zrenjanin
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Linglong International Europe d.o.o. Zrenjanin
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: 3
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    18 Jan 2022
    Công Ty Xu?t Kh?u Lao Ð?ng B?o Son
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Công Ty Trách Nhi?m H?u H?n Qu?c T? Song H? Gia Lai
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    Công Ty C? Ph?n Qu?c T? Kaizen
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    China Energy Engineering Group Tianjin Electric Power Construction Co. Ltd
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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    18 Jan 2022
    China
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegations of human rights abuses faced by a group of Vietnamese migrant workers, who are reported to be victims of trafficking for purposes of forced labour, or slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, located at Linglong construction site near the northern town of Zrenjanin in Serbia.
Alleged victims: -
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15 Mar 2022
    23 Dec 2021
    Tajikistan
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the situation of undocumented Afghan nationals in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the ongoing risk of refoulement and obstacles they face in exercising their right to seek asylum.
Alleged victims: 118
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    23 Dec 2021
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the situation of Afghan nationals in Pakistan, including the ongoing risk of refoulement.
Alleged victims: 118
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    23 Dec 2021
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • migrants
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • torture
Information received concerning the situation of undocumented Afghan nationals in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the ongoing risk of refoulement and obstacles they face in exercising their right to seek asylum.
Alleged victims: 118
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14 Feb 2022
    10 Dec 2021
    Dominican Republic
    JUA
  • migrants
  • health
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Información recibida en relación a alegaciones de arrestos y deportaciones masivos de mujeres haitianas embarazadas y en período de lactancia, sin tener en cuenta sus vulnerabilidades específicas.
Alleged victims: 79
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27 Jan 2022
21 Feb 2022
    07 Dec 2021
    Mexico
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con los alegados actos de criminalización y persecución en contra de víctimas de graves violaciones de derechos humanos, y de personas quienes les defienden y acompañan, en el marco de la investigación penal del caso conocido como “Fosas Clandestinas en San Fernando”, en particular en contra de la defensora Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez, la periodista Marcela Turati y la perito Mercedes Doretti.
Alleged victims: 3
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31 May 2022
    03 Dec 2021
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged threats and harassment of human rights defender Mr. Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, in response to his defence of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, including the rights of Rohingya people.
Alleged victims: 1
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28 Mar 2022
    29 Nov 2021
    Ethiopia
    JAL
  • violence against women
  • executions
  • health
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • torture
  • women and girls
Information received on widespread rape and other forms of gender based violence against women and girls by members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, the Eritrean Defense Force, Tigrayan Forces, Tigrayan militias, the Amhara Regional/Special Force, and Fano militia an informal Amhara militia group in the context of the armed conflict in the Tigray region since November 2020, and later in neighbouring Ahmara and Afar regions.
Alleged victims: 2
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15 Feb 2022
    29 Nov 2021
    Eritrea
    JAL
  • violence against women
  • Eritrea
  • executions
  • health
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • torture
  • women and girls
Information received on widespread rape and other forms of gender based violence against women and girls by members of the Eritrean Defense Force in the context of the armed conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia since November 2020.
Alleged victims: 2
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    25 Nov 2021
    Lithuania
    JUA
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning amendments made to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens No IX-2206 (the “Aliens Law”) and its impact on the human rights of migrants, including asylum seekers.
Alleged victims: 4110
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04 Jan 2022
    18 Nov 2021
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information we have received concerning the killing of Rohingya human rights defender Mr. Mohib Ullah in Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 29 September 2021 and the death of at least six other Rohingya refugees since then.
Alleged victims: 1
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03 Jan 2022
    16 Nov 2021
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
Information received concerning the alleged threats and intimidation against Mr. Mohammad Ahmad Samir Sablouh, in relation to his work as a human rights lawyer working on documenting cases and assisting victims of torture and arbitrary detention.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Jan 2022
    16 Nov 2021
    Greece
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged criminalisation of defenders of the rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Ms. Sarah Mardini and Mr. Seán Binder.
Alleged victims: 2
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29 Dec 2021
    11 Nov 2021
    Egypt
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • Eritrea
  • health
  • migrants
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention and deportation of 8 Eritrean asylum seeking migrants, including children, on 31 October 2021, despite the risk of persecution; and the imminent risk of collective expulsion of 10 others from Egypt to Eritrea in violation of the non-refoulement principle.
Alleged victims: 26
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    08 Nov 2021
    Mexico
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • torture
Información recibida en relación a las alegaciones de uso indebido de la fuerza y detenciones arbitrarias en contra de personas migrantes en caravana en el estado de Chiapas, así como alegaciones de hostigamiento y obstrucción a la labor de periodistas y personas defensoras de los derechos de las personas migrantes, en el marco de continuos operativos conjuntos realizados por la Guardia Nacional, el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) y el Ejército Nacional.
Alleged victims: -
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17 Dec 2021
    05 Nov 2021
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • terrorism
Concerns in relation to the impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill on the human rights of victims of trafficking, and the State’s obligations under international law to prevent trafficking in persons, and to assist and protect all victims of trafficking, without discrimination.
Alleged victims: -
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08 Apr 2022
    29 Oct 2021
    Singapore
    JUA
  • executions
  • disability
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged imminent execution of Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national, who reportedly has mild intellectual disabilities, for drug related offences, which does not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” and in relation to crimes which carry a mandatory death sentence.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Nov 2021
    28 Oct 2021
    Tunisia
    JUA
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant les allégation d’expulsion collective de migrants des pays d’Afrique Sub-saharienne, y compris des femmes enceintes et des enfants de la Tunisie vers la Libye
Alleged victims: 1
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    28 Oct 2021
    Libya
    JUA
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Information received regarding the allegations of collective expulsion of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries, among them pregnant women and children from Tunisia to Libya
Alleged victims: 1
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    25 Oct 2021
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • torture
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the human rights abuses faced by a group of women victims of trafficking, Vietnamese national, located at the SAKAN social services centre in Riyadh.
Alleged victims: 33
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20 Dec 2021
05 Mar 2022
    25 Oct 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • torture
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the human rights abuses faced by a group of women victims of trafficking, Vietnamese national, located at the SAKAN social services centre in Riyadh.
Alleged victims: 33
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16 Dec 2021
13 Jan 2022
    21 Oct 2021
    Permanent Delegation of the European Union
    JOL
  • terrorism
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
Information received regarding two pieces of pending European Union (“EU”) legislation: the counter-terrorism agenda entitled “A Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU: Anticipate, Prevent, Protect, Respond” [hereinafter “Agenda”] and the Proposal for Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 [hereinafter “Proposal”]
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Oct 2021
    Chile
    JAL
  • migrants
  • housing
  • torture
Información recibida en relación a las condiciones de las personas migrantes en situación administrativa irregular que viven sin hogar en las calles de la ciudad de Iquique, así como sobre presuntos actos de hostigamiento y violencia perpetrados contra ellos, en el contexto de un desalojo policial y la posterior marcha ciudadana anti inmigrantes “No + migrantes”.
Alleged victims: 201
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    14 Oct 2021
    United States of America
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • migrants
Information received concerning allegations of systematic forcible expulsion of Haitian migrants under authority granted by Title 42 of the U.S. Code (42 U.S.C. § 265).
Alleged victims: -
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    30 Sep 2021
    Russian Federation
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the detention and potential deportation of Ms. Valentina Chupik.
Alleged victims: 1
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12 Nov 2021
    20 Sep 2021
    Tunisia
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • terrorism
Informations reçues concernant M. Slimane Bouhafs, un citoyen algérien reconnu en tant que réfugié en Tunisie, qui aurait été disparu le 25 août 2021 à Tunis, avant de réapparaître quatre jours plus tard dans un commissariat de police à Alger accusé de crimes de terrorisme en lien avec ses activités de militantisme.
Alleged victims: 1
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    20 Sep 2021
    Algeria
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • terrorism
Informations reçues concernant M. Slimane Bouhafs, un citoyen algérien reconnu en tant que réfugié en Tunisie, qui aurait été disparu le 25 août 2021 à Tunis, avant de réapparaître quatre jours plus tard dans un commissariat de police à Alger accusé de crimes de terrorisme en lien avec ses activités de militantisme.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021
    16 Sep 2021
    Bahrain
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the expulsion imposed on Ms. Buthaina Ahmad, in connection with the exercise of her right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Alleged victims: 1
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09 Nov 2021
    07 Sep 2021
    Tajikistan
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
Information received concerning 80 Afghan individuals, including at least 32 children, who allegedly sought asylum in Tajikistan and are currently being held, in an isolated Island, in life-threatening conditions.
Alleged victims: 80
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    03 Sep 2021
    Poland
    JUA
  • migrants
  • health
  • torture
Information received regarding the alleged denial of access to assistance and protection of 32 individuals, originally from Afghanistan, who are allegedly stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus and subject to dire living conditions.
Alleged victims: 33
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27 Sep 2021
    03 Sep 2021
    Belarus
    JUA
  • migrants
  • health
  • torture
Information received regarding the situation of 32 individuals, originally from Afghanistan, who are allegedly stranded at the border between Belarus and Poland and subject to dire living conditions.
Alleged victims: 33
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03 Sep 2021
05 Nov 2021
    27 Jul 2021
    Qatar
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the alleged enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention and charges against Kenyan human rights defender Malcolm Bidali.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Sep 2021
    22 Jul 2021
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant l'arrestation arbitraire présumée du défenseur des droits de l'homme M. Jean Paul et la disparition du défenseur des droits de l'homme M. Habumuremyi, « Angelo ».
Alleged victims: 2
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    16 Jul 2021
    Mexico
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con las medidas tomadas por el Gobierno para restringir el acceso de personas migrantes por vía terrestre al territorio mexicano y la obstaculización del trabajo de acompañamiento que realiza el COMDHSE en el puente fronterizo Rodolfo Robles. Así como los presuntos actos de hostigamiento perpetrados por autoridades de orden federal y distintos cuerpos de seguridad y militares en contra de las defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos y las personas migrantes.
Alleged victims: 1
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16 Sep 2021
    16 Jul 2021
    Italy
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning an alleged pattern of wire-tapping and surveillance by public prosecutors in 2017 of several journalists, as well as staff members of humanitarian relief organisations and human rights defenders, who appear to have been covering or working on the central Mediterranean migration crisis at that time.
Alleged victims: 3
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04 Aug 2021
    12 Jul 2021
    Cyprus
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning allegations of pushbacks of migrants from Cyprus to Lebanon and Turkey carried out at sea by the Republic of Cyprus Port and Marine Police, and the alleged unreasonable use of force involved in some of these pushback operations.
Alleged victims: 550
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08 Sep 2021
    21 Jun 2021
    Tunisia
    JUA
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant le manque d’assistance des autorités tunisiennes pour faciliter le rapatriement de quatre jeunes filles tunisiennes et les deux enfants de la fille ainée, qui se trouveraient aux camps Al Hol et al-Amarnah en Syrie.
Alleged victims: 6
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17 Aug 2021
    17 Jun 2021
    Algeria
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information reçue concernant des allégations relatives au harcèlement judiciaire de trois défenseurs des droits humains.
Alleged victims: 3
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17 Aug 2021
    07 Jun 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations of abuse and exploitation of migrant workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which allegedly continue to take place despite recent labour reforms.
Alleged victims: 3
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03 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021
    27 May 2021
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning changes made to the Overseas Domestic Worker visa in April 2012, amendments made to the Immigration Bill which in May 2016 became the Immigration Act 2016, and the consequences of these legislative changes, which are still in effect.
Alleged victims: -
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28 Jul 2021
    10 May 2021
    Mr. Hisham Sharaf, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sana’a, Yemen
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • torture
Information received concerning a fire at the Immigration, Passports and Naturalisation Authority (IPNA) compound in Sana'a, controlled by Ansar Allah, which has led to the deaths of at least 44 migrants held in the detention facility and injured over 200 others.
Alleged victims: 450
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    07 May 2021
    Chile
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida en relación al riesgo potencial e inminente de expulsiones colectivas de personas migrantes, siguiendo un patrón de presuntas expulsiones colectivas de cientos de personas migrantes que se habrían llevado a cabo por las autoridades chilenas entre febrero y abril de 2021, sin que se hubieran cumplido todas las garantías del debido proceso.
Alleged victims: 193
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08 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
27 Jul 2021
    04 May 2021
    Bahamas
    JUA
  • housing
  • food
  • health
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • torture
Information received concerning policies to deport undocumented Haitian migrants and to eradicate informal settlements known as “shanty towns” inhabited primarily by persons of Haitian origin or descent without any consultations or alternative accommodation provided to the affected minority and migrant communities. These policies have not taken into account the extreme vulnerability of the Haitian communities in the wake of category 5 Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Bahamas in September 2019, as a result of which many lost their lives, possessions, savings, personal documentation and jobs. Undocumented Haitian migrants are being deported in violation of the principle of non-refoulement, without individual assessments and due process guarantees, while informal settlements are being targeted for destruction without any consultation with their residents or the provision of adequate alternative housing. In April 2021, the authorities started an operation aiming to demolish around 600 newly-reconstructed homes in two adjacent informal settlements known as the Farm and the Farm Road on Abaco island, which will displace up to 2,000 persons (approx. 600 families), many of them women and children.
Alleged victims: 3000
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    26 Apr 2021
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • torture
  • migrants
Information received concerning the physical and verbal assault of three Syrian nationals, including Mr. Eid El Khoder, on the basis of their nationality.
Alleged victims: 3
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28 Jun 2021
    23 Apr 2021
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
Information received concerning xenophobic attacks on Syrian refugees and migrants in the town of Bcharre, Bcharre District, and in Zouq Bhannine area, El Minieh Dinnieh district, which have resulted in injuries and displacement, leaving many Syrian migrants and refugees without adequate shelter, while authorities have not done enough to guarantee their security and their right to adequate housing.
Alleged victims: 1397
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22 Jun 2021
    19 Apr 2021
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • housing
  • development
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • poverty
Information received concerning housing policies of the municipality of Rotterdam aiming to reduce the number of affordable homes, in an overall climate of predicted growing housing shortages and homelessness in the Netherlands, including in Rotterdam.
Alleged victims: -
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18 Jun 2021
18 Jun 2021
18 Jun 2021
18 Jun 2021
18 Jun 2021
18 Jun 2021
    16 Apr 2021
    Mexico
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.
Alleged victims: -
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15 Nov 2021
    16 Apr 2021
    Honduras
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.
Alleged victims: -
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    16 Apr 2021
    Guatemala
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.
Alleged victims: -
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17 Jun 2021
    16 Apr 2021
    El Salvador
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.
Alleged victims: -
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08 Jul 2021
    14 Apr 2021
    Spain
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con presuntas devoluciones en frontera o “pushbacks” de personas migrantes, incluyendo adolescentes migrantes, en las fronteras de España con Marruecos en Melilla.
Alleged victims: 154
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16 Jun 2021
    14 Apr 2021
    Morocco
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • torture
Informations reçues concernant les allégations de « expulsions à chaud » des migrants à la frontière ou « pushbacks », y compris des migrants adolescents, dans certains cas avec violence, aux frontières du Maroc avec l'Espagne à Melilla.
Alleged victims: 154
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09 Jul 2021
    08 Apr 2021
    Switzerland
    JAL
  • torture
  • business
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allégations de mauvais traitements commis par le personnel de sécurité appartenant aux entreprises privées, Securitas et Protectas, à l’encontre des requérants d’asile, y compris des mineurs, dans quatre centres fédéraux d’asile.
Alleged victims: 10
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03 Jun 2021
    08 Apr 2021
    Securitas
    JAL
  • torture
  • business
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allegations d'actes de mauvais traitements qui auraient été commis par certains employés des entreprises privées de sécurité, Securitas et Protectas, à l’encontre de requérants d’asile, y compris des mineurs, dans quatre centres fédéraux.
Alleged victims: 10
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07 Jun 2021
    08 Apr 2021
    Protectas
    JAL
  • torture
  • business
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allégations de mauvais traitements commis par le personnel de sécurité appartenant aux entreprises privées, Securitas et Protectas, à l’encontre des requérants d’asile, y compris des mineurs, dans quatre centres fédéraux d’asile.
Alleged victims: 10
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07 Jun 2021
    08 Apr 2021
    India
    JUA
  • migrants
  • executions
  • torture
Information received regarding the situation of 78 Rohingya asylum seekers and refugees and some 3 Bangladeshis in distress on the Andaman Sea and their immediate need to disembark at the closest safe port
Alleged victims: 90
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    31 Mar 2021
    Japan
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • religion or belief
  • torture
Information received concerning the amendment bill to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (the Act).
Alleged victims: -
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17 Jun 2021
    31 Mar 2021
    Greece
    JOL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the recently adopted Law 4686/2020 (hereinafter: the Law on NGOs) and Joint Ministerial Decision 10616/2020 (hereinafter: the JMD), which introduced new onerous legal requirements and conditions for registrations of non-profit organizations (NGOs) that work with migrants and refugees. This might severely hamper the work of independent NGOs, especially smaller organizations that that do not have the financial means to comply with all the reporting requirements.
Alleged victims: -
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06 Oct 2021
    31 Mar 2021
    Cyprus
    JAL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations on the deteriorating environment for civil society organizations in Cyprus in the context of the amendment made in 2020 to the Law on Associations and Foundations and Other Related Issues. We are particularly concerned about the deregistration of Action for Support, Equality and Antiracism (KISA) from the Register of Associations and Foundations on 14 December 2020.
Alleged victims: 2
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05 May 2021
    23 Mar 2021
    Sweden
    JAL
  • toxics and human rights
  • environment
  • health
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the long term and continuing exposure of residents in the city of Arica in northern Chile, to huge amounts of hazardous waste, containing toxic chemicals produced by a Swedish company called Boliden Mineral AB and deposited in vicinity of the community in 1984-1985.
Alleged victims: 2
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21 May 2021
    23 Mar 2021
    Peru
    JAL
  • migrants
  • international solidarity
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con presuntas devoluciones en caliente o “pushbacks” de personas migrantes, en algunos casos de forma violenta, en la fronteras del Perú, en el contexto del creciente aumento del uso de personal armado y militar en la gestión migratoria de las fronteras del Perú con Ecuador y Brasil; la cual ha puesto en riesgo a las personas migrantes, con graves implicaciones en su capacidad para acceder al asilo seguro.
Alleged victims: 1000
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29 Apr 2021
    23 Mar 2021
    Chile
    JAL
  • toxics and human rights
  • environment
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the long term and continuing exposure of residents in the city of Arica in northern Chile, to huge amounts of hazardous waste, containing toxic chemicals produced by a Swedish company called Boliden Mineral AB and deposited in vicinity of the community in 1984-1985.
Alleged victims: 2
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20 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
28 May 2021
    23 Mar 2021
    Boliden Group
    JAL
  • toxics and human rights
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the long term and continuing exposure of residents in the city of Arica in northern Chile, to huge amounts of hazardous waste, containing toxic chemicals produced by a Swedish company called Boliden Mineral AB and deposited in vicinity of the community in 1984-1985.
Alleged victims: 2
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21 May 2021
    19 Mar 2021
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the police search and seizure at the home of migrant rights defenders Lorena Fornasir and Gian Andrea Franchi.
Alleged victims: 2
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17 May 2021
    10 Mar 2021
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • sale of children
  • education
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the situation of refugee and asylum-seeking children, including unaccompanied and separated children, among whom child sexual abuse survivors, who continue to be at a heightened risk of abuse and exploitation including extortion, sale, child force labour, trafficking, sexual exploitation, child marriage and other gender-based violence upon arrival in Malaysia, and when apprehended and detained at Imigratin Immigration Detention Centres (IDCs).
Alleged victims: 49077
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03 May 2021
15 Feb 2022
    26 Feb 2021
    Mexico
    JAL
  • migrants
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con la ejecución extrajudicial y desaparición forzada de al menos 19 personas, en su mayoría migrantes, en el municipio de Camargo, Tamaulipas, en el norte de México.
Alleged victims: 19
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15 Apr 2021
    24 Feb 2021
    South Africa
    JOL
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received regarding the Gauteng Township Economic Development Bill of 2020 (the Bill) currently under consideration. If approved, some provisions of the Bill may be incompatible with South Africa’s obligations under international human rights law and standards.
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Feb 2021
    Malaysia
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
Information received concerning on the imminent deportation of at least 1,200 undocumented Myanmar nationals who are currently immigration detention.
Alleged victims: 1200
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22 Feb 2021
31 Mar 2022
    19 Feb 2021
    Japan
    JAL
  • racism
  • education
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received regarding the recently established program, “Emergency Student Support Handout for Continuing Studies.” We are concerned that this program violates Japan’s obligations under international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), to which Japan is a State party.
Alleged victims: -
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19 Apr 2021
    16 Feb 2021
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received regarding the alleged arbitrary detention and deportation of human rights defender Mr. Rayhan Kabir, in response to his defence of the rights of migrants and criticism of their treatment by the authorities of your Excellency’s Government
Alleged victims: 1
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    15 Feb 2021
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JUA
  • migrants
  • food
  • housing
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the situation of over 1,500 migrants in and around the destroyed Lipa camp site in Bosnia and Herzegovina, facing harsh conditions in winter with no shelter, water, sanitation or electricity as well as the lack of appropriate protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. These persons join the growing number of migrants sleeping rough in Una Sana Canton, raising the overall number of migrants in dire need of adequate housing to almost 3,000.
Alleged victims: 3050
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    04 Feb 2021
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JUA
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
Information received concerning Musaed Al Musailim, who is facing imminent risk of extradition to a country where he would allegedly be exposed to arbitrary detention and conditions and treatment amounting to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Alleged victims: 1
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    28 Jan 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • food
  • health
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the current situation of migrants who are stranded in overcrowded detention centers for prolonged and indefinite periods. These migrants have been held in unsanitary and dehumanizing conditions without adequate healthcare access nor necessary protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alleged victims: 300
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12 May 2021
    27 Jan 2021
    Colombia
    JAL
  • migrants
  • health
  • housing
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Información recibida en relación con alegaciones acerca de la falta de inclusión efectiva de la población migrante en la respuesta del Gobierno de Colombia a la pandemia de COVID-19; el impacto desproporcionado de ésta sobre el acceso efectivo de esta población a los servicios de salud, incluyendo la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres y adolescentes, vivienda, agua y saneamiento; así como de la posible discriminación que resultaría de la presunta exclusión de las personas migrantes que no tengan regularizada su situación migratoria, del programa de vacunación del Gobierno de Colombia.
Alleged victims: 1800000
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    26 Jan 2021
    Yemen
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Viet Nam
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
26 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Uzbekistan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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27 Mar 2021
02 Jun 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    United States of America
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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07 Jun 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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16 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Ukraine
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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07 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Tunisia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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29 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Trinidad and Tobago
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Tajikistan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Switzerland
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Sweden
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Sudan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    State of Palestine
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Spain
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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25 Mar 2021
20 May 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Somalia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Serbia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Senegal
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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04 Feb 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Romania
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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22 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Portugal
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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01 Feb 2021
01 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Poland
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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14 May 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Philippines
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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29 Jan 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Norway
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    North Macedonia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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12 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Morocco
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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08 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Maldives
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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05 Oct 2023
    26 Jan 2021
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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08 Feb 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Libya
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Kyrgyzstan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Kazakhstan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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06 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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22 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Germany
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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25 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Georgia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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03 Aug 2022
    26 Jan 2021
    France
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Finland
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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26 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Estonia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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25 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Egypt
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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12 Jul 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Canada
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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14 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Belgium
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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10 Feb 2022
    26 Jan 2021
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Azerbaijan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Austria
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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15 Mar 2021
26 Apr 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Algeria
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Informations reçues concernant une opération d'enregistrement et de vérification dans les camps d'Al-Hol et de Roj situés dans le nord-est de la Syrie où vos ressortissants, principalement des femmes et des enfants, sont actuellement privés de liberté. Dans ces camps de fortune fermés, constitués de structures vétustes qui s'effondrent sous l'effet de vents violents ou qui sont inondées par la pluie ou les eaux usées, les conditions sanitaires sont déplorables: l'eau potable est souvent contaminée, les latrines débordent, des monticules d'ordures jonchent le sol, et les maladies, y compris les infections virales, y sévissent. La nourriture, l'eau, les soins de santé et les produits non alimentaires essentiels sont fournis par des groupes et des organisations humanitaires aux ressources insuffisantes. Selon le Croissant rouge kurde, au moins 517 personnes, dont 371 enfants, seraient mortes en 2019, dont beaucoup de maladies évitables, rien que dans le camp d'Al-Hol. En août 2020, selon UNICEF, huit enfants de moins de cinq ans sont morts dans ce camp en moins d'une semaine, dont quatre à cause de complications liées à la malnutrition et les autres à cause d'une déshydratation due à la diarrhée, à une insuffisance cardiaque, à une hémorragie interne et à une hypoglycémie. Le Covid-19 a accru ces difficultés, en réduisant le nombre d’employés opérant dans le camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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28 Jan 2021
19 Mar 2021
    26 Jan 2021
    Albania
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    26 Jan 2021
    Afghanistan
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    25 Jan 2021
    South Africa
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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04 Mar 2021
14 Apr 2021
    25 Jan 2021
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    25 Jan 2021
    India
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    25 Jan 2021
    Denmark
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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31 Mar 2021
    25 Jan 2021
    China
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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    25 Jan 2021
    Australia
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning a registration and verification exercise in Al-Hol and Roj camps located in North-East Syria where your nationals, primarily women and children, are currently deprived of their liberty. In these makeshift locked camps made up of unstable tent-like structures which collapse in strong winds or flood with rain or sewage, hygiene is almost non-existent: limited drinking water is often contaminated, latrines are overflowing, mounds of garbage litter the grounds, and illnesses including viral infections are rampant. Food, water, health care and essential non-food supplies are provided by under-resourced humanitarian groups and organisations. According to the Kurdish Red Crescent, at least 517 people, 371 of them children, died in 2019, many from preventable diseases, in Al-Hol camp alone. In August 2020, eight children under the age of five died in that camp in less than a week, with four caused by malnutrition-related complications and the others were due to dehydration from diarrhoea, heart failure, internal bleeding and hypoglycaemia, according to UNICEF. Covid-19 has increased these difficulties, with a reduction in the number of workers operating in the camp.
Alleged victims: 700
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23 Aug 2021
    21 Jan 2021
    Mexico
    JOL
  • disappearances
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con la iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley de la Fiscalía General de la República (LFGR) y se abroga la Ley Orgánica de la Fiscalía General de la República (Ley Orgánica) vigente, publicada en la Gaceta del Senado el día 7 de octubre de 2020 (la iniciativa) que posiblemente se discutirá en periodo extraordinario el 15 de enero de 2021 conforme a la petición hecha por la Comisión de Justicia del Senado.
Alleged victims: -
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12 Nov 2021
    15 Jan 2021
    United States of America
    JUA
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the lack of appropriate protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of access to healthcare, ill-treatment, and medical abuses, including unwarranted gynaecological surgeries performed on migrant women without their fully informed consent at the Irwin County Detention Center.
Alleged victims: 819
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11 May 2021
    15 Jan 2021
    Irwin Center
    JUA
  • migrants
  • business
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the lack of appropriate protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of access to healthcare, ill-treatment, and medical abuses, including unwarranted gynaecological surgeries performed on migrant women without their fully informed consent at the Irwin County Detention Center.
Alleged victims: 819
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    07 Jan 2021
    Algeria
    JAL
  • migrants
  • executions
  • torture
Informations reçues concernant les allégations des exécutions extrajudiciaires de deux réfugiés sahraouis par les forces de sécurité algériennes dans un site minier au sud de la ville algérienne d'Auinet Balakraa. Ces violations feraient partie d’une tendance plus générale de violations systématiques qui auraient été commises par les forces de sécurité algériennes à l’encontre des réfugiés sahraouis et des mineurs migrants.
Alleged victims: 16
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27 May 2021
    30 Dec 2020
    Albania
    JUA
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning Mr. Selami Simsek, who is reportedly facing an imminent transfer from Albania to Turkey during which he may be at risk of enforced disappearance.
Alleged victims: 1
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    23 Dec 2020
    Mexico
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la situación de los migrantes y solicitantes de asilo que se encuentran detenidos en estaciones migratorias en México.
Alleged victims: 3080
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12 Feb 2021
    21 Dec 2020
    Spain
    JAL
  • racism
  • African Descent
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida sobre alegaciones relativas a actos de violencia por parte de agentes policiales, ocurridos en el barrio de Carabanchel, Madrid, en contra del señor Chidi Irondi, afrodescendiente, de nacionalidad estadounidense, así como en contra de otra persona afrodescendiente no identificada.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Mar 2021
    18 Dec 2020
    Spain
    JUA
  • housing
  • disability
  • education
  • food
  • health
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas residentes en el asentamiento informal “Cañada Real Galiana”, en particular de 1.812 niños y niñas, afectadas por cortes en el suministro de electricidad durante meses marcados por bajas temperaturas.
Alleged victims: 1812
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22 Apr 2021
03 Dec 2021
03 Dec 2021
    11 Dec 2020
    Viet Nam
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged enforced disappearance of Mr. Siam Theerawut, a Thai national, believed to have been arrested by the authorities of Viet Nam in 2019; and the case of Mr. Truong Duy Nhat, a Vietnamese blogger and journalist who was allegedly apprehended by Thai police and returned to Viet Nam in 2019, and who remains in detention in Viet Nam.
Alleged victims: 2
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18 Mar 2021
    11 Dec 2020
    Thailand
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • torture
Information received concerning at least six alleged cases of Thai political activists disappearing abroad, namely Wanchalearm Satsaksit, Siam Theerawut, Surachai Danwattananusorn, Chatchan Bubphawan, Kraidej Luelert, and Itthipol Sukpan, and concern that this may point to a pattern of extraterritorial enforced disappearance.
Alleged victims: 8
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14 Dec 2020
    11 Dec 2020
    Lao People's Democratic Republic
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • torture
Information received concerning at least four alleged cases of Thai political activists disappearing in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, namely Surachai Danwattananusorn, Chatchan Bubphawan, Kraidej Luelert, Itthipol Sukpan as well as the alleged enforced disappearance in Thailand of Lao PDR national Od Sayavong and the lack of progress in the search and investigation of these cases.
Alleged victims: 5
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    11 Dec 2020
    Cambodia
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • Cambodia
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the case of Mr. Wanchalearm Satsaksit, in Cambodia, a Thai political opposition member who disappeared in Cambodia as well as the case Mr. Osman Karaca, a dual Mexican-Turkish national who was arrested in Cambodia in November 2018, subjected to enforced disappearance for several days and then deported to Turkey.
Alleged victims: 2
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07 Feb 2021
03 Mar 2021
    09 Dec 2020
    Malta
    JAL
  • migrants
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged pushback leading to collective expulsion at sea of 51 migrants by the Maltese Armed Forces to Libya, via private vessels, and the death of 12 migrants due to reported delay in search and rescue operations.
Alleged victims: 63
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05 Feb 2021
    04 Dec 2020
    Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida con relación a la falta de investigaciones efectivas y cooperación binacional para atender los casos de desapariciones transfronterizas de personas, incluyendo personas migrantes y trabajadoras fronterizas, por actores armados no estatales, incluyendo grupos armados organizados y grupos criminales, en la zona fronteriza entre Colombia y Venezuela.
Alleged victims: -
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    04 Dec 2020
    Colombia
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida con relación a la falta de investigaciones efectivas y cooperación binacional para atender los casos de desapariciones transfronterizas de personas, incluyendo personas migrantes, refugiadas y trabajadoras fronterizas, por actores armados no estatales, incluyendo grupos armados organizados y grupos criminales, en la zona fronteriza entre Colombia y Venezuela.
Alleged victims: -
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02 Feb 2021
25 Feb 2021
25 Feb 2021
    02 Dec 2020
    Serbia
    JAL
  • mercenaries
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged ill-treatment and excessive use of force by private security guards on unaccompanied migrant children living in the Asylum Center in Bogovađa, which is under the overall responsibility of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia.
Alleged victims: 3
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    02 Dec 2020
    DEKAPOLIT DOO
    JAL
  • mercenaries
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged ill-treatment and excessive use of force by private security guards on unaccompanied migrant children living in the Asylum Center in Bogovađa, which is under the overall responsibility of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia.
Alleged victims: 3
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    20 Nov 2020
    Colombia
    JAL
  • women and girls
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • torture
  • violence against women
Información recibida en relación con la situación de cuatro mujeres trans originarias de Venezuela que habrían sido detenidas de manera arbitraria y golpeadas por agentes policiales en el municipio de Maicao, Colombia.
Alleged victims: 4
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19 Jan 2021
08 Feb 2021
    11 Nov 2020
    Uzbekistan
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged enforced disappearance of Mr. Alisher Haydarov in Ukraine prior to his forcible return to Uzbekistan, where he is likely to face arbitrary detention, prosecution and, potentially, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment because of his professed religion or beliefs or his imputed affiliation with an extremist organization or movement.
Alleged victims: 1
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    11 Nov 2020
    Ukraine
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged enforced disappearance of Mr. Alisher Haydarov in Ukraine prior to his forcible return to Uzbekistan, where he is likely to face arbitrary detention, prosecution and, potentially, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment because of his professed religion or beliefs or his imputed affiliation with an extremist organization or movement.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Feb 2021
04 Feb 2021
    10 Nov 2020
    Panama
    JUA
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Información recibida con relación a las alegaciones de privación de libertad del Sr. Muaz Türkyılmaz, un nacional turco, y su potencial extradición a Turquía, donde existen razones fundadas para creer que estaría en peligro de desaparición forzada y detención arbitraria.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Jan 2021
    09 Nov 2020
    Italy
    JAL
  • executions
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the detainment of the search and rescue vessel, the Sea-Watch 4 in Italy on 19 September 2020 and other incidents of obstruction of search and rescue capacity by the Italian authorities.
Alleged victims: 439
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08 Jan 2021
    22 Oct 2020
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • migrants
Information received concerning the harassment, intimidation and threatening of women human rights defender Zehida Bihorac.
Alleged victims: 1
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    01 Oct 2020
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the criminalisation of human rights defenders carrying out search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.
Alleged victims: 13
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30 Nov 2020
    25 Sep 2020
    Panama
    JAL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación a las alegaciones de privación de libertad de migrantes en situación irregular, incluyendo niñas, niños, adolescentes y mujeres embarazadas. Estas personas estarían privadas de derechos tales como el derecho a la libertad, a ser tratada humanamente, a salir libremente del país, a un debido proceso, y a una asistencia médica y servicios médicos.
Alleged victims: 2500
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    14 Sep 2020
    Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • sale of children
  • slavery
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con las desapariciones de 73 migrantes que se dirigían de Venezuela a las islas de Curazao y Trinidad y Tobago en tres embarcaciones distintas durante el periodo comprendido entre abril y julio 2019
Alleged victims: 73
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18 May 2021
    14 Sep 2020
    Trinidad and Tobago
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • executions
  • migrants
  • sale of children
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received regarding the disappearance of 58 Venezuelan migrants who were travelling from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago in two different boats, in the period between April and June 2019.
Alleged victims: 73
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08 Jun 2022
    14 Sep 2020
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • executions
  • migrants
  • sale of children
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received regarding the disappearance of 15 Venezuelan migrants who were travelling from Venezuela to Curacao on a boat in June 2019. A similar letter has been sent to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Alleged victims: 73
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13 Nov 2020
    25 Aug 2020
    United Arab Emirates
    JAL
  • migrants
  • business
  • housing
  • slavery
Information received concerning the allegedly abusive and exploitative labour conditions of migrant workers, such as unpaid and delayed wages, inadequate access to healthcare and the lack of necessary protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in accommodation centres.
Alleged victims: 1000
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26 Oct 2020
    12 Aug 2020
    United States of America
    JAL
  • racism
  • migrants
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the increase in racist attacks and other xenophobic incidents, including physical and verbal violence against Asian descendants in the United States, as well as alleged lack of measures by the U.S. authorities to effectively combat such incidents.
Alleged victims: -
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    23 Jul 2020
    Egypt
    JAL
  • Eritrea
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the situation of two Eritrean nationals who are currently held at Al Qanater prison, in Egypt.
Alleged victims: 2
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26 Aug 2020
    20 Jul 2020
    Malta
    JAL
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the decision reportedly adopted by the Government of Malta to close the country’s ports as a measure to fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Alleged victims: 12
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22 Sep 2020
    20 Jul 2020
    Italy
    JAL
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the adoption of Inter-ministerial Decree n. 150 of 7 April 2020 and the decision to close the country’s ports as a measure to fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Alleged victims: 12
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15 Sep 2020
    17 Jul 2020
    Lebanon
    JUA
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the situation of migrant domestic workers who have reached for help from or have been abandoned by their employers or sponsors at their consulates and embassies as a consequence of a) the economic crisis in Lebanon and b) COVID-19. They are reportedly facing serious protection risks, including deprivation, exploitation and abuse and are unable to afford food, accommodation, healthcare and basic necessities. Many asked for assistance to be repatriated to their countries, but are unable to bare the costs of the flight tickets. A large proportion of the women migrant workers are Ethiopian nationals, and some are from other African and Asian countries. There are reports of frequent deaths, including suicides, of migrant workers who lost their jobs and have been stranded without being able to return to their countries of origin. The domestic workers were vulnerable to abuse and exploitation perior to the crisis. Allegedly, many of the domestic workers have been exploited and abused, also as a result of the Kafala system. If no action is taken, migrant domestic workers who have become homeless might face acute starvation and further exploitation and abuse.
Alleged victims: 100
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18 Sep 2020
02 Oct 2020
    17 Jul 2020
    Ethiopia
    JUA
  • slavery
  • migrants
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the situation of migrant domestic workers who have reached for help from or have been abandoned by their employers or sponsors at their consulates and embassies as a consequence of a) the economic crisis in Lebanon and b) COVID-19. They are reportedly facing serious protection risks, including deprivation, exploitation and abuse and are unable to afford food, accommodation, healthcare and basic necessities. Many asked for assistance to be repatriated to their countries, but are unable to bear the costs of the flight tickets. A large proportion of the women migrant workers are Ethiopian nationals, and some are from other African and Asian countries. There are reports of frequent deaths, including suicides, of migrant workers who lost their jobs and have been stranded without being able to return to their countries of origin. The domestic workers were vulnerable to abuse and exploitation prior to the crisis. Allegedly, many of the domestic workers have been exploited and abused, also as a result of the Kafala system. If no action is taken, migrant domestic workers who have become homeless might face acute starvation and further exploitation and abuse.
Alleged victims: 100
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16 Oct 2020
    07 Jul 2020
    Australia
    JAL
  • women and girls
  • migrants
Information received concerning the situation of Ms. Agnieska Ewa Miler, a dual citizen of Poland and the United Kingdom, who has lived in Australia, for the past three years, in conditions of vulnerability and uncertainty, with restrictions of movement and inability to access social protection and support, as a result of the discriminatory impact of the intersection of family law and immigration law.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Sep 2020
    26 Jun 2020
    Sweden
    JUA
  • Belarus
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the forced removal of Mr. Viktor Bugaev from Sweden to Belarus, in violation of non-refoulement principle.
Alleged victims: 1
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03 Jul 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
25 Aug 2020
    23 Jun 2020
    Plus Berries y Agrícola El Bosque SL
    JAL
  • poverty
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la situación actual y cada vez más alarmante de las violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos que sufren los trabajadores migrantes temporales, y en particular las mujeres temporeras, empleados para ayudar durante la temporada de cosecha en las explotaciones agrícolas de fresas en la provincia de Huelva, en el sur de España.
Alleged victims: 3000
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30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
    23 Jun 2020
    Morocco
    JAL
  • poverty
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant des violations alléguées des droits de l'homme dont sont victimes les travailleurs saisonniers migrants, et en particulier les femmes travailleuses migrantes, employés pour contribuer aux récoltes dans les exploitations de fraises de la province de Huelva, dans le sud de l'Espagne.
Alleged victims: 3000
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26 Oct 2020
    23 Jun 2020
    Angus Soft Fruits LTD
    JAL
  • poverty
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Information received regarding the alleged human rights violations suffered by temporary migrant workers, and in particular women seasonal migrant workers from Morocco, employed to help during the harvest season in strawberry farms in the province of Huelva, in southern Spain.
Alleged victims: 3000
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06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
06 Aug 2020
19 Aug 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
    22 Jun 2020
    Spain
    JAL
  • poverty
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la situación actual y cada vez más alarmante de las violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos que sufren los trabajadores migrantes temporales, y en particular las mujeres temporeras, empleados para ayudar durante la temporada de cosecha en las explotaciones agrícolas de fresas en la provincia de Huelva, en el sur de España.
Alleged victims: 3000
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26 Jun 2020
20 Aug 2020
    22 Jun 2020
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning allegations of excessive use of force by Iranian border officials against 46 Afghan migrants, there among children, seeking to cross the border from Afghanistan into Iran, leading to the death of at least 10 individuals and 15 individuals missing.
Alleged victims: 46
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    19 Jun 2020
    United States of America
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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09 Feb 2021
    19 Jun 2020
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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17 Sep 2020
    19 Jun 2020
    NBK Capital Partners
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Jun 2020
    Kuwait
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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22 Jun 2020
24 Jun 2020
24 Jul 2020
    19 Jun 2020
    Haraj
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arab States Region, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Jun 2020
    Google
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Jun 2020
    Facebook
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arab States Region, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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21 Aug 2020
    19 Jun 2020
    Apple
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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30 Oct 2020
    19 Jun 2020
    4Sale
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • sale of children
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Contemporary forms of slavery, forced labour and trafficking in human beings are allegedly facilitated by technologies that are available on the online platforms owned by Google, as well as other private companies, such as Apple and Facebook. In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, these online applications serve as marketing platforms that allow online users to trade migrant women and girls as housemaids. The women and girls, mostly from South East Asian, South Asian and African countries, are working and living in private households, often in slavery-like situations. slavery-like situations.
Alleged victims: -
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    15 Jun 2020
    Croatia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
New information received regarding the alleged violent pushback of migrants by the Croatian police to Bosnia and Herzegovina outside official procedures.
Alleged victims: 16
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06 Aug 2020
    21 May 2020
    Malawi
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • sale of children
Information received concerning the human rights abuses currently faced by a group of migrant children who had allegedly been detained at the border and were subsequently deported to a third country.
Alleged victims: 11
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    14 May 2020
    Malaysia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • racism
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest of over 300 undocumented migrants in Malaysia under the pretext of COVID-19 testing, and subsequent detention in overcrowded immigration detention centers.
Alleged victims: 500
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26 May 2020
06 Oct 2020
06 Oct 2020
    12 May 2020
    Canada
    JUA
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • food
  • health
  • migrants
  • sale of children
  • torture
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the need to protect the right to life of a Canadian orphan, currently detained in Al-Hol camp in the North-East region of the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2019.
Alleged victims: 1
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16 May 2020
20 May 2020
10 Jul 2020
    06 May 2020
    United States of America
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disability
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the harassment and “flagging” of human rights defenders and journalists by the United States government, in retaliation for their work with immigrants, asylum seekers and intending migrants. According to the information received, human rights defenders and journalists have been stopped and detained by U.S. authorities or by other governments at the request of U.S. authorities using flagging systems designed to stop organized crime and threats to national security. The events discussed below started in 2017 but appear to have escalated in response to work with the so-called “migrant caravan.”
Alleged victims: 20
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    06 May 2020
    Mexico
    JAL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disability
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relacion con defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos y periodistas han sido detenidos por las autoridades de los Estados Unidos de América, o por otros gobiernos, incluyendo el Gobierno de México, a petición de las autoridades de los Estados Unidos de América (EE.UU), mediante el uso de sistemas de señalización (flagging) diseñados para combatir el crimen organizado y las amenazas a la seguridad nacional.
Alleged victims: 20
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    05 May 2020
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning what appears to be a systematic practice of state-sponsored extraterritorial abductions and forcible return of Turkish nationals from multiple States to Turkey.
Alleged victims: 28
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11 Jun 2020
    01 May 2020
    Greece
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received regarding the expatriation of migrant rights defender Mr. Salam Kamal-Aldeen as well as the intimidation and criminalisation of non-governmental organisations defending the human rights of migrants on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios.
Alleged victims: 1
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01 Jul 2020
    23 Apr 2020
    Grace Road Group
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the situation of the employees of Grace Road Group in Fiji, who are allegedly subjected to abusive and exploitative labour conditions, which may amount to forced labour. Other human rights abuses reported refer to child labour, restricted freedom of movement, obstructed access to healthcare and education, as well as physical and psychological abuse.
Alleged victims: 403
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24 Apr 2020
29 Apr 2020
01 May 2020
01 May 2020
22 May 2020
29 May 2020
31 May 2020
    23 Apr 2020
    Fiji
    JAL
  • slavery
  • business
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the situation of the members of the Grace Road Church and employees of Grace Road Group, who are reportedly based in Navua, Fiji and allegedly subjected to abusive and exploitative labour conditions, which may amount to forced labour, and other human rights violations, such as child labour, restricted freedom of movement, obstructed access to healthcare and education, as well as physical and psychological abuse.
Alleged victims: 403
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22 Jul 2020
    22 Apr 2020
    United States of America
    JUA
  • migrants
  • business
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the lack of necessary protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic for migrants in detention, including at the Northwest Processing Center (NWPC) in Tacoma, Washington
Alleged victims: 1500
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21 Sep 2020
    22 Apr 2020
    The GEO Group Inc.
    JUA
  • migrants
  • business
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the lack of necessary protection measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic for migrants in detention, including at the Northwest Processing Center (NWPC) in Tacoma, Washington
Alleged victims: 1500
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    20 Mar 2020
    Albania
    JUA
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged imminent deportation of Mr. Selami Şimşek from Albania to Turkey, where he is likely to face detention, prosecution and, potentially, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, for his perceived or imputed affiliation to the Hizmet/Gulen movement. The information received also indicates that Mr. Şimşek is at risk of enforced disappearance in transit from Albania, following the alleged short-term enforced disappearance and expulsion to Turkey of Mr. Harun Çelik on 1 January 2020.
Alleged victims: 2
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11 Aug 2020
    13 Mar 2020
    Greece
    UA
  • migrants
Information received concerning the deteriorating human rights situation of migrants and asylum seekers and refugees at the Turkey - EU border, particular the Turkey – Greece border.
Alleged victims: -
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11 May 2020
    12 Mar 2020
    Belarus
    JUA
  • Belarus
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the case of imminent extradition of Mr. Nikolai Makhalichev, Jehovah’s Witness from the Russian Federation, in violation of the non-refoulement principle.
Alleged victims: 1
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17 Apr 2020
    10 Mar 2020
    Thammakaset Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • women and girls
Information received concerning Thammakaset’s continued judicial harassment of human rights defenders, migrant workers, journalists and academics for denouncing exploitative conditions of migrant workers in your company. Your company allegedly continues to use criminal defamation laws to intimidate individuals by repeatedly denouncing exploitative working conditions at your poultry farm.
Alleged victims: 3
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    10 Mar 2020
    Thailand
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the continued judicial harassment by Thammakaset Co. Ltd (Thammakaset), of human rights defenders, migrant workers, journalists and academics for denouncing exploitative working conditions of migrant workers at the poultry farm of this Thai company.
Alleged victims: 3
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19 Nov 2020
    12 Dec 2019
    Honduras
    JOL
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Información recibida en relación con una moción presentada el 15 de octubre ante el Congreso Nacional de Honduras, y el posible impacto en la labor de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos en el marco del contexto actual de crisis migratoria en Centro y Norte américa.
Alleged victims: -
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12 Feb 2020
    26 Nov 2019
    France
    JAL
  • trafficking in persons
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • violence against women
Informations reçues concernant une ressortissante nigériane née en 1991, victime presumée de la traite des êtres humains.
Alleged victims: 1
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    20 Nov 2019
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • women and girls
Information received concerning racial discrimination as a result of immigration policy particularly affecting the human rights of British citizens of Commonwealth descent and their descendants collectively known as the “Windrush generation”.
Alleged victims: -
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20 Jan 2020
    15 Nov 2019
    Australia
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the ongoing detention of Ms. Huyen Thu Thi Tran and her child at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) and the threat of imminent removal and separation from her child faced by Ms. Tran.
Alleged victims: 1
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26 Nov 2019
    21 Oct 2019
    Spain
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida con respecto a la posible extradición inminente de un ciudadano de Venezuela
Alleged victims: 1
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19 Dec 2019
    21 Oct 2019
    Cyprus
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the arrest of and charges brought against human rights defender Doros Polykarpou in connection with his activities in defense of the rights of migrants.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Dec 2019
    10 Oct 2019
    Singapore
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the armed conflict in Rakhine State between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army.
Alleged victims: 173
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24 Oct 2019
24 Oct 2019
    10 Oct 2019
    Myanmar
    JUA
  • Myanmar
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the armed conflict in Rakhine State between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army.
Alleged victims: 173
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29 Nov 2019
    13 Sep 2019
    Uganda
    JUA
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the human rights abuses currently suffered by Ms. Sylivia Nandawula, a Ugandan national.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Sep 2019
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the human rights abuses currently suffered by Ms. Sylivia Nandawula, a Ugandan national.
Alleged victims: 1
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24 Oct 2019
    10 Sep 2019
    Bangladesh
    JUA
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning allegations of retaliatory measures taken by Bangladeshi authorities against Rohingya refugees in reaction to the “Genocide Day” protest which occurred on 25 August 2019.
Alleged victims: 8
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    04 Sep 2019
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the forced expatriation of two activists from Cuba, reportedly facilitated by Aruba Airlines, a company registered in Aruba, as well as the threat of a formal accusation made by Aruba Airlines against Mr. Javier Larrondo Calafat, a human rights defender and representative of the victims of the alleged human rights violations.
Alleged victims: 3
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31 Oct 2019
31 Oct 2019
31 Oct 2019
31 Oct 2019
    04 Sep 2019
    Cuba
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con los hostigamientos, las amenazas y expatriaciones forzosas de defensores/as de derechos humanos, periodistas y activistas sociales y políticos en el marco de la reforma migratoria de 2013 que aunque eliminó la restricción de un permiso especial para viajar al extranjero, reserva al gobierno cubano amplias facultades discrecionales para restringir el derecho a viajar por motivos de “defensa y seguridad nacional” u “otras razones de interés público”.
Alleged victims: 72
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04 Nov 2019
    04 Sep 2019
    Aruba Airlines
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con los hostigamientos, las amenazas y expatriaciones forzosas desde Cuba de defensores/as de derechos humanos, periodistas y activistas sociales y políticos en el marco de la reforma migratoria de 2013 que eliminó la restricción de un permiso especial para viajar al extranjero, pero que reservó al gobierno cubano amplias facultades discrecionales para restringir el derecho a viajar por motivos de “defensa y seguridad nacional” u “otras razones de interés público”. De acuerdo a información recibida, parecería que Aruba Airlines contribuyó a facilitar la expatriación forzosa en dos de los casos mencionados.
Alleged victims: 3
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16 Oct 2019
    21 Aug 2019
    Colombia
    JAL
  • disability
  • health
  • migrants
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Información recibida en relación con los obstáculos enfrentados por una mujer con discapacidad, presunta víctima de violación por un miembro del ejército nacional de Colombia en el departamento de Arauca, para acceder a la justicia y recibir la atención integral requerida.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Oct 2019
22 Oct 2019
01 Nov 2019
    09 Aug 2019
    Lebanon
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the administrative detention of a family of asylum seekers, including children, as well as threat of imminent deportation.
Alleged victims: 7
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04 Nov 2019
    08 Aug 2019
    United Arab Emirates
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
Information received concerning the detention of Guillaume Pernot (aka Yannick Dacheville) who is a French citizen, in the United Arab Emirates, since 11 March 2019, related to an extradition order to France
Alleged victims: 2
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    31 Jul 2019
    Belarus
    JAL
  • Belarus
  • migrants
Information received concerning the expulsion orders against Mr. Vladimir Trauter, a citizen of the Russian Federation residing in Belarus since 1994, and Mr. Sergey Rezchik, a citizen of the Russian Federation residing in Belarus since 1996, in response to minor administrative offenses.
Alleged victims: 2
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19 Sep 2019
    12 Jul 2019
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the arrest and subsequent release of, and two criminal investigations opened against Ms. Carola Rackete, as well as alleged threats to the independence of the judiciary arising from public statements by the Minister of Interior of Italy, Mr Matteo Salvini.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Oct 2019
    08 Jul 2019
    Mexico
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de detención arbitraria de defensores de derechos humanos de personas migrantes, y con relación a la situación de las personas migrantes en caravana, en dirección a México y a los Estados Unidos de América.
Alleged victims: 2
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17 Jan 2020
17 Jan 2020
    19 Jun 2019
    Switzerland
    JAL
  • Eritrea
  • migrants
  • torture
Informations reçues en rapport avec la situation de requérants d’asile érythréens en Suisse.
Alleged victims: 20
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07 Jan 2020
    27 May 2019
    Sri Lanka
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • health
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the increasing communal violence targeting the religious minorities in Sri Lanka, and in particular Muslims, as well as the reported acts of violence and intimidation threatening the living and security conditions of refugees and asylum seekers belonging to persecuted minorities.
Alleged victims: -
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29 May 2019
31 Jul 2019
    15 May 2019
    Italy
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the recent ‘Directive for the unified coordination of surveillance activities of maritime borders and fight against illegal immigration according to article 11 of Legislative Decree n. 286/1998’, alias Ministerial Circular n. 14100/141(8) (hereinafter: Directive) addressed to the Italian Chief-of-Police, the General Command of the Carabinieri Corp, the General Command of Finance Police, the General Command of the Port Authorities, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the Chief of Defence, by the acting Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini.
Alleged victims: -
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06 Jun 2019
    03 May 2019
    Italy
    JAL
  • housing
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning hate-motivated violent demonstrations, occurring between 2 and 5 April, which targeted 75 Roma being moved to a temporary reception facility centre in Torre Maura, as well as an increase in hate speech and forced evictions against the Roma minority.
Alleged victims: 75
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28 Jun 2019
28 Jun 2019
    18 Apr 2019
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance and subsequent repatriation of Mr. Truong Duy Nhat from Thailand to Viet Nam, as well as the surveillance and intimidation of Mr. Bach Hong Quyen.
Alleged victims: 2
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30 Jan 2020
    18 Apr 2019
    Thailand
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance and subsequent repatriation of Mr. Truong Duy Nhat from Thailand to Viet Nam, as well as the surveillance and intimidation of Mr. Bach Hong Quyen.
Alleged victims: 2
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24 Apr 2019
20 Jun 2019
    02 Apr 2019
    United States of America
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • indigenous peoples
  • migrants
Information received concerning the death of an eight-year-old Guatemalan boy in custody of the US Customs and Border Patrol.
Alleged victims: 1
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07 Aug 2019
    02 Apr 2019
    Australia
    JAL
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the continued effective confinement of, and inappropriate access to health care by, the asylum seekers and refugees who remain in Australia’s custody in its offshore facilities in Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
Alleged victims: 1000
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03 Jun 2019
    27 Mar 2019
    Singapore
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received regarding alleged human trafficking and forced labor suffered by Indian migrant workers at the India-based timber company, Accurate Industries, which operates in the special economic zone of Nkok in Gabon, jointly owned by the Singapore-based company, Olam International.
Alleged victims: 40
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24 May 2019
    27 Mar 2019
    OLAM International
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received regarding alleged human trafficking and forced labor suffered by Indian migrant workers in the India-based timber company, Accurate Industries, which operates in the Special Economic Zone of Nkok in Gabon, partly owned by Olam International.
Alleged victims: 40
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    27 Mar 2019
    India
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • Myanmar
  • racism
Information received concerning the current situation faced by refugees and asylum-seekers from Rohingya ethnicity.
Alleged victims: -
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27 May 2019
    27 Mar 2019
    India
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning alleged human trafficking and forced labor suffered by Indian migrant workers at an India-based timber company, Accurate Industries, which operates in the Special Economic Zone of Nkok in Gabon.
Alleged victims: 40
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    27 Mar 2019
    Gabon
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Informations reçues concernant des conditions présumées de traite d’êtres humains et de travail forcé subies par des travailleurs migrants indiens dans une compagnie de bois de capital indien, Accurate Industries, qui opère dans la Zone Economique Spéciale de Nkok au Gabon.
Alleged victims: 40
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    27 Mar 2019
    Accurate Industries
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning alleged human trafficking and forced labor suffered by Indian migrant workers in your company, which operates in the Special Economic Zone of Nkok in Gabon.
Alleged victims: 40
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17 May 2019
17 May 2019
    22 Mar 2019
    Guatemala
    JAL
  • food
  • housing
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • trafficking in persons
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas migrantes en caravana, en dirección a México y a los Estados Unidos de América, y en particular con referencia a un incidente violento y xenófobo contra personas migrantes en Tecún Umán, así como la necesidad de que el gobierno tome medidas activas para proteger los derechos humanos de todos los migrantes.
Alleged victims: 15552
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28 May 2019
    19 Mar 2019
    Azerbaijan
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged forcible return from Azerbaijan to Turkey, of Turkish asylum seekers. We also refer to serious allegations indicating that one of them was subjected to torture while in detention in Azerbaijan, prior to his deportation.
Alleged victims: 2
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24 May 2019
    07 Mar 2019
    United States of America
    OL
  • migrants
Concerns regarding the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Alleged victims: -
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    26 Feb 2019
    Spain
    JAL
  • executions
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • women in law and in practice
Información recibida sobre alegaciones acerca del posible impacto de las actuaciones del estado Español en relación con la criminalización de la labor en favor de los derechos humanos de los migrantes de una defensora de derechos humanos, y con respeto a alegaciones de declaraciones difamatorias contra su organización.
Alleged victims: 1
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30 Apr 2019
    15 Feb 2019
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received about Mr. Hatim Farajallah, a Palestinian, born and residing in Saudi Arabia, and his father Mr. Majid Farajallah, who are members of the Palestinian minority and find themselves in a stateless-like situation
Alleged victims: 2
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05 Apr 2019
    15 Feb 2019
    Egypt
    JAL
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received about Mr. Hatim Farajallah, a Palestinian, born and residing in Saudi Arabia, and his father Mr. Majid Farajallah, who are members of the Palestinian minority and find themselves in a stateless-like situation
Alleged victims: 2
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    13 Feb 2019
    India
    JOL
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the adoption, on 8 January 2019, by the Lok Sabha (House of the People) of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.
Alleged victims: -
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    12 Feb 2019
    Ireland
    JOL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) for Sea fishers, launched in 2016 to respond to allegations of trafficking in persons and severe forms of labour exploitation against migrant fishermen in the country and its alleged shortcomings according to international law standards.
Alleged victims: -
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12 Apr 2019
08 May 2019
    30 Jan 2019
    Thammakaset
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning the judicial harassment of a human rights defender, Ms. Sutharree Wannasiri and Mr. Nam Win, a migrant worker from Myanmar
Alleged victims: 2
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    30 Jan 2019
    Thailand
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning the judicial harassment of a human rights defender, Ms. Sutharree Wannasiri and Mr. Nam Win, a migrant worker from Myanmar
Alleged victims: 2
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23 May 2019
    21 Dec 2018
    United States of America
    AL
  • migrants
Information received concerning the death of a 7 year old Guatemalan girl in custody of the US Customs and Border Patrol, and related concerns about human rights abuses at the US’ southern borders.
Alleged victims: 1
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    21 Dec 2018
    Kyrgyzstan
    JAL
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning Mr. Babaraim Akimov, a Kyrgyz migrant worker who recently managed to return to Kyrgyzstan after having being subjected to trafficking for the purpose of forced labour and being held in extremely exploitative conditions in Kazakhstan.
Alleged victims: 1
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    21 Dec 2018
    Kazakhstan
    JAL
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning Mr. Babaraim Akimov, a Kyrgyz migrant worker who recently managed to return to his country of origin after having reported being subjected to trafficking for the purpose of forced labour and being held in extremely exploitative conditions in Kazakhstan. This case is representative of a pattern of human rights violations that can amount to trafficking for the purpose of forced labour and labour exploitation against a larger number of migrant workers from neighbouring countries, especially from Kyrgyzstan.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Feb 2019
06 Mar 2019
    20 Nov 2018
    United States of America
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women in law and in practice
Information received regarding threats from US authorities against the migrants travelling in caravans towards the United States.
Alleged victims: 8000
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    20 Nov 2018
    Mexico
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women in law and in practice
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas migrantes en caravana, en dirección de los Estados Unidos.
Alleged victims: 8000
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25 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
    20 Nov 2018
    Honduras
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women in law and in practice
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas migrantes en caravana, en dirección de los Estados Unidos.
Alleged victims: 8000
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21 Jan 2019
    20 Nov 2018
    Guatemala
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women in law and in practice
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas migrantes en caravana, en dirección de los Estados Unidos.
Alleged victims: 8000
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26 Feb 2019
    12 Nov 2018
    Italy
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning smear campaigns and the criminalization of migrant rights defenders rescuing migrants, including members of civil society organizations, private individuals and journalists criticizing Italian migration polices, as well as attempts to obstruct their work, allegedly carried out by Italian authorities. Concerns regarding the negative impact on the human rights of migrants based on the proposed law on immigration and security, further criminalising solidarity and leaving many migrants in irregular situations.
Alleged victims: 7
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20 May 2019
    01 Nov 2018
    Morocco
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant la décision de rejeter la demande de renouvellement du permis de séjour d'une défenseuse des droits humains.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Feb 2019
    30 Oct 2018
    Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
Información recibida en relación con el grave estado de salud de ciudadanos detenidos junto con otros 52 ciudadanos de la nacionalidad colombiana desde septiembre de 2016 en la sede de la Policía Nacional Bolivariana (PNB) de la Yaguara.
Alleged victims: 7
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06 May 2021
    30 Oct 2018
    UN Department of Political Affairs
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the arrest, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of over 50 migrants from Ghana and other West African countries by Gambian security forces in The Gambia and across the border in Senegal, in July 2005.
Alleged victims: 64
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06 Dec 2019
    30 Oct 2018
    Ghana
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the arrest, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of over 50 migrants from Ghana and other West African countries by Gambian security forces in The Gambia and across the border in Senegal, in July 2005.
Alleged victims: 64
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    30 Oct 2018
    Gambia
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • migrants
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the arrest, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of over 50 migrants from Ghana and other West African countries by Gambian security forces in The Gambia and across the border in Senegal, in July 2005.
Alleged victims: 64
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    30 Oct 2018
    ECOWAS COMMISSION
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the arrest, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution of over 50 migrants from Ghana and other West African countries by Gambian security forces in The Gambia and across the border in Senegal, in July 2005.
Alleged victims: 64
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    19 Oct 2018
    Italy
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning the climate of hostility, intolerance, racial hatred and xenophobia in Italy, fuelled by political authorities’ rhetoric against migrants and refugees, people of African descent or origin and Roma communities.
Alleged victims: -
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09 Jul 2019
    12 Oct 2018
    United States of America
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • disability
  • food
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received concerning the increased use of immigration detention and the human rights violations committed at the Stewart Immigration Detention Center and the Irwin County Immigration Detention Center, which are privately run by for-profit prison companies “CoreCivic Inc.” and “LaSalle Southwest Corrections”, respectively.
Alleged victims: 3
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    12 Oct 2018
    LaSalle Corrections
    JAL
  • mercenaries
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received concerning human rights violations committed at the Irwin Immigration Detention Center, including the lack of provision of adequate food and water, lack of adequate health care, racial and religious discrimination, solitary confinement as a form of punishment, which may be amounting to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, violations of due process guarantees and violations of the right to maintain a family life.
Alleged victims: 3
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    12 Oct 2018
    CoreCivic Inc.
    JAL
  • mercenaries
  • business
  • food
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received concerning human rights violations committed at the Stewart Immigration Detention Center, including the lack of provision of adequate food and water, the lack of adequate health care, racial and religious discrimination, forced labor, solitary confinement as a form of punishment, which may be amounting to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, violations of the right to life, of due process guarantees and of the right to maintain a family life.
Alleged victims: 3
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    04 Oct 2018
    France
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant des allégations d’entraves aux activités des individus prêtant assistance aux migrants, mais aussi à la multiplication des mesures d’intimidation à leur encontre par les forces de sécurité et les autorités locales.
Alleged victims: 9
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19 Dec 2018
    02 Oct 2018
    India
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received concerning seven Rohingya men in detention in Assam, shortly to be refouled to Myanmar.
Alleged victims: 207
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27 May 2019
    26 Sep 2018
    China
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest, detention and threat of repatriation of five citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as one baby born in China, who are currently in detention in Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province.
Alleged victims: 6
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16 Nov 2018
    21 Sep 2018
    UNHCR
    JAL
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning allegations of acts of violence, harassment, and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugees living in Kenya and their arbitrary arrests, detention, and ill-treatment. Allegations received also pertain to the lack of access to food and other basic necessities by the refugees while in detention and in Kakuma camp, as well as to the lack of appropriate access to HIV/AIDS-related prevention and care.
Alleged victims: -
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21 Nov 2018
    21 Sep 2018
    Kenya
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning allegations of acts of violence, harassment and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugees living in Kenya and their arbitrary arrests, detention, and ill-treatment. Allegations received also pertain to the lack of access to food and other basic necessities by the refugees while in detention and in Kakuma camp, as well as to the lack of appropriate access to HIV/AIDS-related prevention and care.
Alleged victims: 25
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    18 Sep 2018
    Permanent EU Delegation to UNOG
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • racism
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Concerns regarding current discussions on the reform of the European migration and asylum system.
Alleged victims: -
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    10 Sep 2018
    Hungary
    JAL
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received concerning the recent adoption of a series of laws that introduce undue restrictions on the rights to freedom of association, peaceful assembly and freedom of expression in Hungary and risk to further fuel the already existing xenophobic and discriminatory public discourse on migration and negative narrative about civil society, in particular when its activities are related to migration issues.
Alleged victims: -
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    17 Aug 2018
    Algeria
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Informations reçues concernant la situation des personnes migrantes dans le sud de l’Algérie.
Alleged victims: -
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11 Oct 2018
    19 Jul 2018
    Kosovo
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged imminent deportations of two Turkish nationals from Kosovo to Turkey, where they are likely to face detention, prosecution and, potentially, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, for their perceived affiliation to the Hizmet/Gulen movement.
Alleged victims: 2
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    11 Jul 2018
    Lebanon
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • African Descent
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the criminalization, arbitrary detention and risk of deportation of a migrant worker from Kenya who was physically assaulted by ten people on 17 June 2018.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Oct 2018
    25 Jun 2018
    Gabon
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Informations reçues concernant l'arrestation arbitraire et la détention au Gabon de trois ressortissants turcs travaillant pour des établissements d'enseignement et leur extradition vers la Turquie le 7 avril 2018, sans considération du risque d’être victimes de graves violations de leurs droits de l'homme dans leur pays d’origine, y compris de possibles mauvais traitements ou des actes de torture.
Alleged victims: 3
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    19 Jun 2018
    United States of America
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disability
  • indigenous peoples
  • migrants
  • racism
  • sale of children
  • torture
Information received concerning the implementation of the memorandum for federal prosecutors along the Southwestern border on Zero-Tolerance for Offenses Under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a) issued by the Attorney General, raising particular concerns over: the increased criminalization of migration; the increased use of immigration detention; the automatic separation of children from their families in violation of the best interests of the child and their rights to liberty and family life; increased and expedited deportations, in possible violation of the non-refoulement principle, infringing migrants’ rights to a due process and lacking proper individual assessment; the stigmatization of migrants as criminals; and the racialized impact of this memorandum on migrants from Latin American countries.
Alleged victims: -
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    25 May 2018
    United States of America
    JAL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • executions
  • disappearances
Information received concerning the arrest and charges against Mr. Scott Warren.
Alleged victims: 1
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    18 May 2018
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the arbitrary arrest and detention in Kosovo and illegal deportation to Turkey of six Turkish nationals working for educational institutions allegedly link to the Hizmet/Gulen movement
Alleged victims: 6
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17 Aug 2018
    18 May 2018
    Kosovo
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the arbitrary arrest and detention in Kosovo and illegal deportation to Turkey, as well as short-term enforced disappearance, of six Turkish nationals working for educational institutions allegedly linked to the Hizmet/Gulen movement.
Alleged victims: 6
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    16 May 2018
    United States of America
    JOL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Directive 11032.3, eliminating a presumption against immigration detention of pregnant women.
Alleged victims: -
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    15 May 2018
    Spain
    JUA
  • executions
  • migrants
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Información recibida sobre la supuesta inminente extradición de España a China del Sr. CHIC HAO CHEN, en conjunto con 268 otros ciudadanos chinos y de Taiwán donde es probable que sufran graves violaciones de derechos humanos, incluyendo Tortura y el riesgo de Pena capital.
Alleged victims: 271
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12 Jul 2018
    10 May 2018
    Thammakaset 2
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information we have received concerning possible retaliation against 14 migrant workers who have sought redress against the confiscation of documents, restricted freedom of movement and long working hours and who currently face criminal defamation charged filled by your company. According to the information received, criminal defamation charges were also filled by your company against Mr. Andy Hall also assisted the 14 migrant workers in raising concern about exploitative working conditions at the poultry farm.
Alleged victims: 1
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    10 May 2018
    Thailand
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the recent court decision issued against human rights defender Mr. Andy Hall, imposing a disproportionately high award for damages for having monitored and reported on the precarious working conditions of migrant workers in the food processing industry in Thailand.
Alleged victims: 1
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23 May 2019
    10 May 2018
    Pineapple Natural fruit.
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning a recent court decision issued against human rights defender Mr. Hall, imposing 10 million Thai Baht (approximatively 320 000 USD) civil damages for having given an interview to Al- Jazeera English on the alleged precarious working conditions of workers in your company.
Alleged victims: 1
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    01 May 2018
    United States of America
    JOL
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
  • torture
Information received concerning the availability of asylum for survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence in the United States
Alleged victims: -
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    23 Apr 2018
    France
    JOL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • water and sanitation
  • racism
Informations reçues concernant l’adoption en procédure accélérée du projet de loi n° 714 « pour une immigration maîtrisée et un droit d’asile effectif », qui devrait être examiné par l’assemblée nationale à partir du 16 avril 2018. Certaines mesures incluses dans le projet de loi rendraient l’accès à l’asile et à un recours efficace plus difficile, accroîtraient la durée maximale de rétention, et contiendraient des dispositions de suspension ou de refus des conditions matérielles d’accueil.
Alleged victims: -
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03 Jul 2018
    29 Mar 2018
    France
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant la situation actuelle de restriction d'accès à l'eau potable et aux services d’assainissement, ainsi que les abris d’urgence des migrants et des demandeurs d'asile dans la région des Hauts de France, en particulier dans les villes de Calais, Grande-Synthe, Tatinghem, Dieppe et Norrent-Fontes.
Alleged victims: -
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28 May 2018
    28 Mar 2018
    Uganda
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information we have received concerning the arrest for some hours and the different threats against Kulihoshi Musikami Pecos, a refugee rights defender.
Alleged victims: 1
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    20 Mar 2018
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning charges against human rights defender Mr. Bakhrom Khamroev under article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in relation to allegedly fictitious registration of migrants at his address.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 May 2018
    08 Mar 2018
    India
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of Bangladeshi women and children in West Bengal, who may also be potential victims of trafficking in persons.
Alleged victims: 5
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    08 Mar 2018
    Hungary
    JOL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • international solidarity
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received concerning the package of draft legislation on organizations supporting migration that has been recently submitted to the Hungarian National Assembly, also known as the ‘Stop Soros Legislative Package’.
Alleged victims: -
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    28 Feb 2018
    Türkiye
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the arrest, detention and charges against Ms. Ayşe Lerzan Caner Conde along with the detention and forced repatriation of her husband Dr. Sekouba Conde.
Alleged victims: 2
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30 Apr 2018
    19 Feb 2018
    Israel
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
  • Eritrea
  • Sudan
Information received concerning the forcible return of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals.
Alleged victims: 34700
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27 Feb 2018
    08 Feb 2018
    United States of America
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the initiation of deportation proceedings against Ms. Maru Mora Villalpando, allegedly in retaliation for her domestic and international activism as a human rights defender. Alleged human rights abuses by the GEO group.
Alleged victims: 1
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07 May 2018
    29 Jan 2018
    Morocco
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant l’enquête pénale ouverte à l’encontre de Mme Helena Maleno Garzón, devant la deuxième chambre d’instruction de la Cour d’Appel de Tanger, concernant son implication éventuelle pour crime d’« organisation de l'entrée ou la sortie des nationaux ou des étrangers de manière clandestine du territoire marocain », en vertu de l’article 52 de la Loi n° 02-03 du Maroc.
Alleged victims: 1
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30 Mar 2018
    15 Jan 2018
    Afghanistan
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • terrorism
  • torture
  • migrants
  • executions
Information received concerning the reported detention of Mr. Mesut Vardak, Mr. Önder Akkuşçi and Mr. Yunus Demirci, and the ongoing house arrest of Mr. Sami Yavuz and Mr. Yılmaz Aytan, as well as the potential risk of deportation of all five individuals to Turkey, which would put them at risk of serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and threats to their lives.
Alleged victims: 5
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    02 Jan 2018
    Bahamas
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • racism
Information received concerning the crackdown, detention and deportation of irregular migrants, including through police’s excessive use of force.
Alleged victims: 1
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    21 Dec 2017
    United States of America
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
  • Eritrea
  • arbitrary Detention
Information received concerning the forced returns of Eritrean nationals.
Alleged victims: 700
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07 Mar 2018
    30 Nov 2017
    Belgium
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
  • Sudan
Information received concerning the forced returns of Sudanese migrants.
Alleged victims: 103
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02 Mar 2018
    28 Nov 2017
    Libya
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • trafficking in persons
  • international solidarity
  • African Descent
  • minority issues
  • sale of children
Information received concerning the enslavement and auctioning of enslaved African migrants in markets in Libya, which increasingly expose them to trafficking and forced labour.
Alleged victims: -
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    28 Nov 2017
    Italy
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • slavery
  • violence against women
  • trafficking in persons
  • international solidarity
  • African Descent
  • minority issues
  • sale of children
Information received concerning the enslavement and auctioning of enslaved African migrants in markets in Libya, which increasingly expose them to trafficking and forced labour, following the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Italy and the Libyan Government of National Accord in February 2017.
Alleged victims: -
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07 Feb 2018
    27 Nov 2017
    Kosovo
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged imminent deportation of Turkish national, Mr. Ugur Toksoy from Kosovo to Turkey where he is likely to face detention, prosecution and, potentially, serious human rights violations.
Alleged victims: 1
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    10 Nov 2017
    Papua New Guinea
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the situation of refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island in connection with the closure of the Manus Regional Processing Centre.
Alleged victims: 600
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    10 Nov 2017
    Australia
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • health
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the situation of refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island in connection to the closure of the Manus Regional Processing Centre.
Alleged victims: 600
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11 Dec 2017
    31 Oct 2017
    Australia
    JAL
  • housing
  • migrants
  • poverty
Information received concerning the denial of income and housing support to asylum seekers through the issuance of “final departure Bridging E Visas”.
Alleged victims: 400
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21 Dec 2017
    19 Oct 2017
    United States of America
    JOL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the implementation of the Executive Order on Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements and the Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, raising particular concerns over increased and expedited deportations, including a disproportionate impact on women, in possible violations of the non-refoulement principle, infringing migrants’ rights to a due process and lacking proper individual assessment, the increased use of immigration detention, the lack of access to services for migrants, regardless of their status and the stigmatisation of migrants as criminals.
Alleged victims: -
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07 Mar 2018
    12 Oct 2017
    Spain
    JAL
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Información recibida en relación con diversos actos de intimidación, difamación y amenazas de muerte en contra de la Sra. Helena Maleno Garzón, mismos que parecen relacionarse con su condición de mujer y con sus actividades como defensora de derechos humanos en materia de migración.
Alleged victims: 1
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25 Jan 2018
    12 Oct 2017
    France
    JUA
  • housing
  • migrants
  • water and sanitation
Informations reçues concernant la situation de l’accès à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement par des migrants et des demandeurs d’asile dans la région des Hauts-de-France, particulièrement dans les villes de Calais, Grande-Synthe, Tatinghem, Angres et Dieppe.
Alleged victims: 10000
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21 Nov 2017
    29 Sep 2017
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • racism
  • executions
  • migrants
Information received concerning the execution of 12 Nigerian nationals who have been executed in Indonesia since 2008, as well as five others who remain on death row under threat of imminent execution.
Alleged victims: 13
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10 Oct 2017
    07 Sep 2017
    Thailand
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • health
  • migrants
Information received concerning the death of Mr. Paras Ijaz in Bangkok Immigration Detention Center.
Alleged victims: 1
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13 Sep 2017
03 Oct 2017
    31 Aug 2017
    Russian Federation
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged imminent deportation of Uzbek national, Mr. Khudoberdi Turgunalievich Nurmatov (also known by his pseudonym Ali Feruz) from the Russian Federation to Uzbekistan.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Oct 2017
    29 Aug 2017
    United States of America
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the termination of the Central American Minors Parole Program, following President Trump’s Executive Order entitled « Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements ».
Alleged victims: 4179
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24 Jan 2018
    24 Aug 2017
    Philippines
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Republic of the Philippines
Alleged victims: 1
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05 Jan 2018
    19 Aug 2017
    United Arab Emirates
    JUA
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the United Arab Emirates, as well as Emirati migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the United Arab Emirates government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar, particularly their right to movement and residence, family unity, education, work, freedom of opinion and expression, health and the right to property.
Alleged victims: 12409
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18 Sep 2017
18 Sep 2017
18 Sep 2017
18 Sep 2017
18 Sep 2017
    19 Aug 2017
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as Saudi Arabian migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the Saudi Arabian government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar.
Alleged victims: 12409
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12 Dec 2017
    19 Aug 2017
    Bahrain
    JUA
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • migrants
  • racism
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the adverse situation and the violations of human rights of Qatari migrants in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as Bahraini migrants in the State of Qatar as a result of the Kingdom of Bahrain government’s decision to suspend ties with the State of Qatar, particularly their right to movement and residence, family unity, education, work, freedom of opinion and expression, health and the right to property.
Alleged victims: 12409
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18 Sep 2017
    31 Jul 2017
    Yemen
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Republic of Yemen.
Alleged victims: 1
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    31 Jul 2017
    Sudan
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Republic of the Sudan.
Alleged victims: 1
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06 Nov 2017
    31 Jul 2017
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Alleged victims: 1
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    31 Jul 2017
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Republic of Indonesia.
Alleged victims: 1
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02 Aug 2017
13 Oct 2017
    31 Jul 2017
    India
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from India.
Alleged victims: 1
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    31 Jul 2017
    Egypt
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of migrant workers originating from the Arab Republic of Egypt
Alleged victims: 1
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    14 Jul 2017
    United Seemac Co.
    JAL
  • poverty
  • business
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of your company, the United Seemac Co., in violation of human rights of its migrant workers.
Alleged victims: 1
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    11 Jul 2017
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • business
  • migrants
  • poverty
  • slavery
Information received concerning allegedly abusive labour practices of a Saudi construction operator, the United Seemac Co., in violation of the human rights of its migrant workers.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Aug 2017
11 Sep 2017
    11 Jul 2017
    France
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • sale of children
Information reçues concernant le harcèlement juridique et les pressions administratives dont fait l'objet M. Cédric Herrou, des mesures qui seraient liées à ses activités en faveur de la protection et de la promotion des droits des migrants et en particulier des enfants migrants en France.
Alleged victims: 1
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11 Sep 2017
    23 Jun 2017
    Nauru
    JUA
  • education
  • health
  • migrants
Information received concerning the allegation of the physical and sexual harassment of a fourteen-year-old girl and the violation of her fundamental rights, including her right to education.
Alleged victims: 2
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    23 Jun 2017
    Australia
    JUA
  • education
  • health
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the deteriorating health conditions and violation of human rights of fourteen-year old girl and her four-year old brother in the context of their detention at the Australian Regional Processing Centre.
Alleged victims: 2
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27 Jul 2017
    13 Apr 2017
    China
    JUA
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • torture
Information received concerning the impending forced repatriation of 31 individuals from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, who are currently under the custody of Chinese authorities in different prisons throughout the country.
Alleged victims: 31
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18 May 2017
    06 Apr 2017
    Trinidad and Tobago
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the confiscation of passport, denial of exit, and threat of deportation from Trinidad and Tobago to Cuba, in violation of the non-refoulement principle, of Mr. Eduardo E. Herrera, a Cuban surgeon, journalist, and human rights defender seeking to escape persecution by Cuban authorities, allegedly for expressing dissident opinions through the online media agency Hablemos Press.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Aug 2017
04 Aug 2017
    24 Mar 2017
    United Arab Emirates
    JUA
  • women in law and in practice
  • migrants
  • executions
  • violence against women
information received concerning the alleged unfair trial and sentencing to death of Ms. Jennifer Dalquez.
Alleged victims: 1
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20 Apr 2017
25 Apr 2017
    28 Feb 2017
    Permanent Delegation of the European Union
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations about draft policy proposals which raise serious concerns regarding the human rights of migrants, including children.
Alleged victims: -
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    28 Feb 2017
    Malta
    JOL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning allegations about draft policy proposals which raise serious concerns regarding the human rights of migrants, including children.
Alleged victims: -
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11 May 2017
    08 Feb 2017
    Serbia
    JUA
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • poverty
Information received concerning the lack of adequate emergency assistance to approximately 1,200 migrants living in Serbia, particularly vulnerable to the severe winter conditions registered in the country in December 2016, January and February 2017, and the lack of the provision of alternative adequate housing, aggravated by concerns over collective expulsion of approximately 600 migrants.
Alleged victims: 1200
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11 Aug 2017
    03 Feb 2017
    Delegation of the European Union
    JOL
  • migrants
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received concerning the European Commission’s proposal to review the EU Action Plan on Return, which may have implications of returns of migrants to Libya intercepted at sea, in possible violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
Alleged victims: -
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10 Apr 2017
    02 Feb 2017
    Libya
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • slavery
Information received concerning the partnership framework under discussion between your Excellency’s Government, the Government of Italy and the European Union, as well as widespread human rights violations, including the detention, unlawful killings, abductions, hostage-taking, forced labour, trafficking, enforced disappearances and torture of migrants.
Alleged victims: -
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    02 Feb 2017
    Italy
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • torture
Information received concerning the possible return of migrants, under the partnership framework under discussion between your Excellency’s Government and the Government of the State of Libya, in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
Alleged victims: -
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21 Feb 2017
    31 Jan 2017
    United States of America
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
  • torture
  • arbitrary Detention
Information received concerning the Executive Order of 27 January 2017 which inter alia stops the entire US refugee programme for 120 days, indefinitely bans Syrian refugees, and suspends all nationals from entering the United States of America from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Alleged victims: -
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20 Apr 2017
    27 Jan 2017
    Greece
    JUA
  • health
  • housing
  • migrants
  • poverty
Information received concerning the lack of adequate emergency assistance to migrants, particularly vulnerable to the severe winter conditions registered in the country in December 2016 and January 2017, and the lack of provision for alternative adequate housing, causing serious health and security concerns especially for children and older persons.
Alleged victims: 50000
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27 Feb 2017
    10 Jan 2017
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • housing
  • migrants
information received concerning the eviction from Calais camp of approximately 10,000 migrants, including asylum seekers, children and adolescents; the lack of individual assessment of each resident as well as the lack of informed consultation; the lack of alternative adequate housing and lack of accessible and relevant information.
Alleged victims: 11367
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23 Feb 2017
    10 Jan 2017
    France
    JAL
  • housing
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant l’expulsion d’environ 10,000 migrants du camp de Calais, y compris de demandeurs d’asile, d’ enfants et d’ adolescents; l’absence d’évaluation individuelle de chacun des résidents, et l’absence d’un processus de consultations informées préalables; l’absence de proposition de relogement convenable; ainsi que l’absence d’une garantie du droit à l’information.
Alleged victims: 11367
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14 Mar 2017
23 Mar 2017
    03 Jan 2017
    China
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning the negative and stigmatizing rhetoric towards refugees, migrants and ethnic minorities in Hong Kong; and envisaged regressive changes to the Unified Screening Mechanism including increased detention powers and accelerated removal of rejected claimants by the Hong-Kong SAR Administration.
Alleged victims: -
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13 Mar 2017
    22 Dec 2016
    Algeria
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
Informations reçues concernant des allégations relatives à l'expulsion collective et arbitraire de personnes d'origine subsaharienne vers le Niger, en violation du principe de non-refoulement.
Alleged victims: 1400
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24 Jan 2017
    21 Dec 2016
    Lebanon
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning the arrest and arbitrary detention of two women human rights defenders, Ms. Rose Limbu and Ms. Sujana Rana, as well as the forced deportation of the latter, which appear to be related to their legitimate human rights activities aimed at defending the rights of migrant workers in Lebanon and the exercise of their right to freedom of association.
Alleged victims: 3
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20 Mar 2017
    16 Nov 2016
    Thailand
    JAL
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • migrants
  • slavery
  • trafficking in persons
  • human rights defenders
Information received concerning the sentence against human rights defender Mr. Andy Hall for conducting research and reporting on the precarious working conditions of migrant workers in the food processing industry.
Alleged victims: 1
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17 Nov 2016
19 Jan 2017
    06 Oct 2016
    Hungary
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Information received concerning xenophobic and discriminatory public campaigns and discourses, excessive use of force against unarmed migrants and other categories of non-citizens, involving threats and serious harm to their physical and mental integrity, pushbacks and summary returns of migrants and other categories of non-citizens by law enforcement officers at the border to Serbia in violation of the non-refoulement principle, mass expulsions in violation of due process guarantees and poor conditions in reception centres and in transit zones.
Alleged victims: 252
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21 Dec 2016
    10 Aug 2016
    Bahrain
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • migrants
  • privacy
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
Information received concerning systematic persecution and repression of the Shias in Bahrain through undue restrictions to their rights to freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, including: dissolution of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, shutting down of faith based organizations, restriction on the practice of Khums, harassment of Shia clerics, restrictions on Friday Prayers and peaceful assembly, denaturalization of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and other Shias, discriminatory treatment of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace in prison and the travel ban imposed on Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.
Alleged victims: 28
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09 Sep 2016
22 Sep 2016
    28 Jul 2016
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
Information received concerning the Detention Services Order 04/2016, entitled “Detainee Access to the Internet”, issued by the Home Office of the United Kingdom on 17 May 2016.
Alleged victims: -
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20 Oct 2016
    14 Jul 2016
    Ecuador
    JUA
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • migrants
  • torture
Información recibida en relación con el desalojo violento de una manifestación pacífica, la detención de más de 140 migrantes, de los cuales 94 de ellos habrían sido trasladados a Cuba sin que se hayan cumplido todas las garantías del debido proceso y en contravención del principio de no devolución.
Alleged victims: 149
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27 Oct 2016
27 Oct 2016
    05 Jul 2016
    Rwanda
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning allegations of expulsion and declaring of persona non grata Mr. Epimack Kwokwo.
Alleged victims: 1
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22 Sep 2016
    20 Jun 2016
    Serbia
    JOL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
Information received concerning the draft legislation on asylum law foreseeing restriction of movement and detention of migrants.
Alleged victims: -
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05 Sep 2016
    17 Jun 2016
    Uganda
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Information received concerning allegations of death threats and harassment of environmental and human rights defender currently a refugee in Uganda, for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
Alleged victims: 1
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    17 Jun 2016
    Greece
    JUA
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the declaration of inadmissibility of the asylum application of two Syrian nationals belonging each to a minority group and facing impending deportation to Turkey, putting them at risk of attacks and persecution in Turkey and / or return to Syria.
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06 Jul 2016
    17 Jun 2016
    Burundi
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Informations reçues concernant des allégations de menaces de mort et d’harcèlement d’un défenseur du droit de l’environnement et des droits de l’homme se trouvant actuellement en Ouganda en tant que réfugié, et sa famille demeurant au Burundi.
Alleged victims: 1
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    01 Jun 2016
    Nauru
    JUA
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • torture
  • business
Information received concerning the deteriorating health condition of Mr. Milad Zonar Saghar, Ms. Nages Alizadeh, Mr. Daryosh Alizadeh, Mr. Jabar Hamvadi and Mr. Mosa Hamvadi while being based at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru.
Alleged victims: 3
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    01 Jun 2016
    Broadspectrum
    JUA
  • health
  • business
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • torture
Information received concerning the deteriorating health condition of Mr. Milad Zonar Saghar, Ms. Nages Alizadeh, Mr. Daryosh Alizadeh, Mr. Jabar Hamdavi and Mr. Mosa Hamdavi while being based at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru.
Alleged victims: 3
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16 Jun 2016
04 Oct 2016
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04 Oct 2016
04 Oct 2016
    01 Jun 2016
    Australia
    JUA
  • health
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • torture
  • business
Information received concerning the deteriorating health condition of Mr. Milad Zonar Saghar, Ms. Nages Alizadeh, Mr. Daryosh Alizadeh, Mr. Jabar Hamdavi and Mr. Mosa Hamdavi while being based at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru.
Alleged victims: 3
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29 Jun 2016
14 Jul 2016
    31 Mar 2016
    North Macedonia
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Allegations of physical violence by law enforcement officials of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia against migrants peacefully protesting and of collective expulsion of migrants in possible violation of the principle of non-refoulement. According to the information received, on 27 February 2016, law enforcement officials from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia started firing stun grenades and dispersing teargas in a mass of migrants peacefully protesting at the Idomeni border point. On 3 March 2016, two migrants - one of them a key figure in the protest - suffered physical violence at the hands of law enforcement officials. When more than 1000 migrants crossed the border to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s territory on 14 March 2016, they were apprehended by military and police and expelled to Greece; some of the migrants suffered physical violence at the hands of military and police. The issue of mass expulsions and violation of the principle of non-refoulement was subject of a previous communication sent on 4 March 2016, see above, case no. MKD 1/2016.
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    31 Mar 2016
    Bulgaria
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • migrants
  • torture
  • health
Alleged mistreatment of migrants and asylum seekers by law enforcement authorities involving threats to their physical and mental integrity, excessive use of force, summary returns in potential violation of the non-refoulement principle and due process guarantees, and systematic detention, including of children, in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. According to the information received, between March and November 2015, at least 59 migrants have been returned from Bulgaria to Turkey by Bulgarian law enforcement officers, often after having been deprived of their personal belongings and after having been subjected to beatings. Police dogs and fire-arms are allegedly used as a means of deterrence which reportedly resulted in the death of an asylum seeker by a gun shot fired by a law enforcement official in October 2015. Migrants, including children, getting caught when crossing the border irregularly get systematically detained in centres in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, which could amount to ill-treatment.
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31 May 2016
    04 Mar 2016
    Slovenia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning plans by the Heads of Police Services of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria to increase policing along the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s border with Greece. According to the information received, this may result in mass expulsions and refusal of entry to those in need of international protection thereby violating the principle of non-refoulement. Communications with similar contents were also sent to the Governments of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Austria on 4 March 2016, see above and below, case nos. HRV 1/2016, SRB 1/2016, AUT 1/2016 and MKD 1/2016.
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10 Jun 2016
    04 Mar 2016
    Serbia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning plans by the Heads of Police Services of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria to increase policing along the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s border with Greece. According to the information received, this may result in mass expulsions and refusal of entry to those in need of international protection thereby violating the principle of non-refoulement. Communications with similar contents were also sent to the Governments of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia on 4 March 2016, see above and below, case nos. HRV 1/2016, AUT 1/2016, SVN 1/2016 and MKD 1/2016.
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26 May 2016
    04 Mar 2016
    North Macedonia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning plans by the Heads of Police Services of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria to increase policing along the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s border with Greece. According to the information received, this may result in mass expulsions and refusal of entry to those in need of international protection thereby violating the principle of non-refoulement. Communications with similar contents were also sent to the Governments of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria on 4 March 2016, see above, case nos. HRV 1/2016, SRB 1/2016, SVN 1/2016 and AUT 1/2016.
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    04 Mar 2016
    Croatia
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning plans by the Heads of Police Services of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria to increase policing along the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s border with Greece. According to the information received, this may result in mass expulsions and refusal of entry to those in need of international protection thereby violating the principle of non-refoulement. Communications with similar contents were also sent to the Governments of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Austria and Slovenia on 4 March 2016, see above and below, case nos. AUT 1/2016, SRB 1/2016, SVN 1/2016 and MKD 1/2016.
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02 Aug 2016
    04 Mar 2016
    Austria
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning plans by the Heads of Police Services of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria to increase policing along the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s border with Greece. According to the information received, this may result in mass expulsions and refusal of entry to those in need of international protection thereby violating the principle of non-refoulement. Communications with similar contents were also sent to the Governments of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia on 4 March 2016, see below, case nos. HRV 1/2016, SRB 1/2016, SVN 1/2016 and MKD 1/2016.
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05 Jul 2016
    25 Feb 2016
    Thailand
    JAL
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • slavery
  • business
Alleged human rights violations of migrant workers, who are working within poultry supply chains in Thailand. According to the information received, migrant workers are exposed to extreme exploitation and slavery like conditions whilst working in poultry processing sites. Human rights violations, including economic exploitation; debt bondage; physical and verbal abuse; arbitrary manipulation of salaries; a lack of social security and health protection; unsafe working conditions; discrimination; and restrictions on workers’ freedom of movement, are alleged to be perpetrated by recruitment intermediaries, employers and in certain cases local police.
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26 Feb 2016
24 Aug 2016
    25 Feb 2016
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • migrants
  • housing
  • poverty
Letter in follow-up to the response received from the Government of the Netherlands on 9 July 2015 to a communication regarding the failure to provide emergency assistance to homeless migrants in an irregular situation. The letter argues that various forms of shelter provided to irregular migrants in the Netherlands, elaborated in detail in the Government’s reply, still fail to prevent them from becoming homeless. The letter sets out the Netherlands’ obligation under regional and international human rights law to provide a minimum essential level of the right to adequate housing as well as other related economic, social and cultural rights for all, including irregular migrants on its territory. The above-mentioned previous communication was sent to the Government of the Netherlands on 12 December 2014, see A/HRC/29/50, case no. NLD 1/2014. For the response of the Government of the Netherlands of 9 July 2015 to communication NLD 1/2014, see A/HRC/31/79.
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04 Nov 2016
    16 Nov 2015
    Nauru
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • health
Allegations concerning the alleged sexual violence against an Iranian woman and ill-treatment faced by her and her brother in the context of their detention in the Australia Regional Processing Centre in Nauru and their interaction with the Nauru National Police Force. According to the information received an Iranian woman was assaulted and raped while she was on a community visit outside the Australia Regional Processing Centre of Nauru and did not receive adequate and timely medical treatment for her physical and mental health. In addition, her brother was subject to ill- treatment by the Nauru Police Force. Concern was expressed regarding impunity and lack of access to justice for asylum seekers who are victims of serious human rights violations in Nauru, such as sexual violence and ill-treatment and with regard to the targeting of human rights defenders, including asylum seekers who defend rights within these detention facilities. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Government of Australia, see above, case no. AUS 7/2015.
Alleged victims: 2
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    16 Nov 2015
    Australia
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • health
Allegations concerning the alleged sexual violence against an Iranian woman and ill-treatment faced by her and her brother in the context of their detention in the Australia Regional Processing Centre in Nauru and their interaction with the Nauru National Police force. According to the information received an Iranian woman was assaulted and raped while she was on a community visit outside the Australia Regional Processing Centre of Nauru and did not receive adequate and timely medical treatment for her physical and mental health. In addition, her brother was subject to ill-treatment by the Nauru Police Force. Concern was expressed regarding impunity and lack of access to justice for asylum seekers who are victims of serious human rights violations in Nauru, such as sexual violence and ill-treatment and with regard to the targeting of human rights defenders, including asylum seekers who defend rights within these detention facilities. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Government of Nauru, see below, case no. NRU 3/2015.
Alleged victims: 2
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17 Dec 2015
    12 Nov 2015
    Papua New Guinea
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • mercenaries
Allegations of undue restrictions, harassment, intimidation and retaliation against human rights defenders and journalists documenting, and reporting on the situation of asylum seekers held at immigration detention facilities at Manus Island. According to the information received, these human rights defenders and journalists are documenting and reporting on the conditions of detention and allegations of ill-treatment in these centres, which may amount to torture A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Governments of Australia and Nauru, see above, case no. AUS 6/2015 and case no. NRU 2/2015 respectively.
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    12 Nov 2015
    Nauru
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • mercenaries
Allegations of undue restrictions, harassment, intimidation and retaliation against human rights defenders and journalists documenting, and reporting on the situation of asylum seekers held at immigration detention facilities in Nauru. According to the information received, these human rights defenders and journalists are documenting and reporting on the conditions of detention, and allegations of ill-treatment in these centres, which may amount to torture. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Governments of Australia, see above, case no. AUS 6/2015, and Papua New Guinea, see below, case no. PNG 1/2015.
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    12 Nov 2015
    Australia
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • torture
  • mercenaries
Allegations of undue restrictions, harassment, intimidation and retaliation against human rights defenders and journalists documenting, and reporting on the situation of asylum seekers held at immigration detention facilities under the control of the Government of Australia. According to the information received, these human rights defenders and journalists are documenting and reporting on the conditions of detention and allegations of ill-treatment in these centres, which may amount to torture. They are also reporting on the impact of the adoption of the Border Force Act, which includes provisions leading to the potential criminalization of journalists and human rights defenders, as well as restrictions to the right to freedom of expression. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Governments of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, see below, case no. NRU 2/2015 and case no. PNG 1/2015 respectively.
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12 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016
    05 Nov 2015
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
Retrospective charging and trial of a human rights defender. According to the information received, since 2011, Ms. Tatiana Kotlyar has allowed migrants and asylum seekers to register her home as their place of residence free of charge in order to enable them to apply for citizenship in the Russian Federation. On 2 January 2014, amendments were made to Articles 322.2 and 322.3 of the Criminal Code, criminalizing the false registration of migrants. Ms. Kotlyar had previously spoken out in opposition to proposals of such amendments. On 11 March 2014, a criminal case was opened against Ms. Kotlyar alleging she violated the amended articles. On 30 April 2014, a psychiatric examination of Ms. Kotlyar was ordered by the investigating officer in her case. This was subsequently annulled, before the opening of a second criminal case against Ms. Kotlyar, again in relation to registration of migrants. The trial of Ms. Kotlyar began at the Magistrates Court of Obninsk City on 2 October 2015. The next hearing is scheduled for 6 November 2015.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Feb 2016
    19 Oct 2015
    Italy
    JAL
  • migrants
  • violence against women
  • trafficking in persons
Allegations concerning the ongoing repatriation to Nigeria of a group of 68 Nigerian women, possible victims of trafficking in persons currently detained at the Center for Identification and Expulsion of Ponte Galeria in Rome, Italy. According to the information received, except for 13 of these women identified as victims of trafficking, international protection requests for all were rejected. In less than two months, between 25 and 30 women had been repatriated and the rest are awaiting imminent deportation. There is concern that the quality of the screening process conducted by the authorities, the characteristic of the group, the number of irregular migrants arriving by sea and the hidden/ dangerous aspect of human trafficking, may have hampered accurate identification of this group and other potential victims of trafficking during the screening process and their protection consideration.
Alleged victims: 2
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    09 Sep 2015
    Thailand
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • migrants
  • trafficking in persons
  • business
Alleged indictment of a human rights defender based on false accusations. According to the information received, on 24 August 2015, Mr. Andy Hall was indicted by the Bangkok South Criminal Court on the basis of accusations of criminal defamation and computer crimes. The indictment follows from one of four complaints lodged against Mr. Hall by the Thai pineapple processing company, Natural Fruit Company. The complaints followed Mr. Hall’s contribution to a report published by the Finnish non-governmental organization Finnwatch in 2013, concerning labour rights violations at the Natural Fruit Company factory in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Mr. Hall was the subject of a previous communication sent on 26 April 2013, case number THA 4/2013, see A/HRC/24/21.
Alleged victims: 1
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15 Sep 2015
    07 Sep 2015
    Hungary
    JAL
  • migrants
  • racism
  • torture
Allegations concerning the Government of Hungary’s actions aimed at preventing the mobility of asylum seekers and migrants onto and/or within its territory. According the information received, since April 2015, the Government has taken a number of measures aimed at preventing asylum seekers and migrants from either entering or exiting the country. In May, the Government mailed more than eight million questionnaires entitled “national consultation on immigration and terrorism” to its citizens reportedly inciting hatred and actively promoting hostility towards migrants. In early June, the Government reportedly launched a controversial billboard campaign against migration. On 17 June 2015, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the closure of the Hungarian-Serbian border by erecting a four-meter-high fence by the 175-kilometre long border section. In July, Hungary’s parliament passed new legislation tightening asylum rules. On 1 September, the Hungarian police reportedly sealed off a major railway station in Budapest in order to prevent migrants from leaving Hungary. Grave concern is expressed at the above actions taken by the Government as part of a wider pattern of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia against foreigners, migrants and asylum seekers.
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24 Nov 2015
    11 Aug 2015
    Mauritius
    JAL
  • migrants
  • health
Alleged pending deportation of an international student based solely on her HIV status. According to the information received, Ms. X landed in Mauritius on 27 January 2015 as part of a study abroad program. As part of the application, she was tested on 4 February 2015 in a private laboratory and was informed of her HIV positive status the next day. She shared the results of this test with her university. On 19 March 2015, the university ordered her to immediately go to the Passport and Immigration Office in Port Louis, Mauritius. Upon doing so, she received a letter of deportation, allowing her two weeks to leave the country. On 16 April 2015, the Passport and Immigration Office sent a second letter of deportation. Ms. X has turned to the Supreme Court of Mauritius to challenge the decision to deport her and to challenge the current law in place. On 6 May 2015, the court heard a demand for judicial review and decided that the case will be taken on its merits. A hearing date has been set for September 2015. The deportation of Ms. X has been suspended pending the judgment of the Supreme Court.
Alleged victims: 1
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09 Dec 2015
    10 Jul 2015
    United States of America
    JAL
  • Haiti
  • migrants
  • torture
  • health
Alleged forcible returns of medically vulnerable individuals with long-time lawful U.S. permanent resident status and criminal convictions to post-earthquake Haiti. According to the information received, between 2011 and 2015, the United States of America continued to regularly deport to Haiti individuals with criminal records and serious mental and physical illnesses or other disabilities, disregarding the fact that they had been long-time lawful permanent U.S. residents with deep family ties to the United States of America and little to no family in Haiti.
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11 Sep 2015
    17 Jun 2015
    Dominican Republic
    JUA
  • migrants
  • racism
Presuntas expulsiones de extranjeros a Haiti por parte del Gobierno de la República Dominicana con efecto discriminatorio para las personas de origen haitiano. Según la información recibida, el ejército dominicano realiza a diario expulsiones de extranjeros en los puntos fronterizos (obviando) ignorandola obligación de no realizar deportaciones de personas radicadas en el territorio de la República Dominicana que se hayan acogido al Plan de Regularización que finaliza el próximo 16 de junio de 2016.
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    01 Jun 2015
    Australia
    JAL
  • migrants
  • torture
Alleged violation of the principle of non-refoulement by Australian authorities by returning 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers to Vietnam without providing them with a fair refugee status determination procedure. According to the information received, on 20 March 2015, Australian authorities intercepted a boat carrying 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers, including an unknown number of minors, at sea north of Australia. All 46 asylum seekers were reportedly subjected to screening procedures at sea and, on 17 April 2015, forcibly returned and handed over to Vietnamese authorities in Vung Thau. It is reported that all adults present among the group of 46 asylum-seekers were subsequently detained for at least a week in a detention centre in Phan Thiet, Vietnam, where they were at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
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03 Aug 2015
    21 May 2015
    Thailand
    JUA
  • migrants
  • executions
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Allegations of “push back” policies of irregular migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. According to the information received, migrants have travelled irregularly through South-East Asia to enter the territorial waters of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Reportedly, after days of navigation resulting from repeated push backs from one country to another, irregular migrants had limited access to water and food, resulting in their death during their time at sea or after they had reached land. Serious concern is expressed about the push back policy implemented against irregular migrants entering territorial waters. Particular concern is expressed regarding their health and personal safety whilst at sea. Additional concern is expressed at the push back policy in instances where some may be asylum seekers leaving a country where they may face violence, persecution, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or other serious human rights violations.
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22 May 2015
    21 May 2015