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87 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies received
    18 Aug 2025
    Indonesia
    JUA
  • housing
  • business
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
Information received concerning the situation related to the Mandalika Urban and Tourism Infrastructure Project, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB) and on-going forced evictions, the imminent risk of additional forced evictions, which are planned over the month of August 2025, and threats against the civilian population by private security personnel, the police and the military. Given the large-scale involvement of armed forces who are pushing the communities out of their homes with violence, demolishing homes and businesses, and impeding access to essential productive land, these evictions pose a serious threat to their lives and livelihoods.
Alleged victims: 2000
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15 Oct 2025 (Ack.)
    11 Dec 2023
    Ecuador
    JUA
  • business
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
Información recibida en relación con amenazas de muerte y actos de hostigamiento cuyos Néstor Javier Caicedo Caicedo y su familia son víctimas en el marco de un conflicto con la empresa Energy & Palma, del Grupo La Fabril, en la provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Alleged victims: 1
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09 Feb 2024
    28 Apr 2023
    Zaha Hadid Architects
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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27 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Van Berkel en Bos U.N. Studio B.V.
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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17 May 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    United States of America
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Merssrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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02 Jan 2024
    28 Apr 2023
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Merssrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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08 Aug 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Spain
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
información recibida sobre el riesgo inminente de ejecución de tres personas y largas condenas de prisión de otros tres, en el contexto de presunta persecución de miembros de la tribu Howeitat. Señores Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaití, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abu Khalilal-Huwaiti y Atallah Musa Mohamedal-Huwaití, han sido condenados a muerte. Sres. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqaal-Huwaiti, MahmudAhmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqaal-Huwaiti y Abdullah Dakhilallahal-Huwaití, han sido condenados a severas penas de prisión. Todos están condenados por actos terroristas, supuestamente infundados, y más bien están siendo castigados por simplemente expresar su oposición a los desalojos forzosos de la tribu Howeitat, incluyendo las redes sociales. Al parecer, algunos de ellos han sido sometidos a torturas y malos tratos mientras se encontraban bajo custodia, incluido un régimen de aislamiento prolongado, con el fin de obtener confesiones. Los seis, junto con otros miembros de la tribu Howeitat, se han resistido a los desalojos de sus hogares en el marco del proyecto NEOM, parte de la Visión Saudita 2030. NEOM es un proyecto del Saudi Public Investment Fund, que posee el 100% de una sociedad anónima cerrada denominada NEOM. Supuestamente, varias empresas internacionales han estado involucradas en diferentes etapas del desarrollo del Proyecto NEOM. El proyecto NEOM se está implementando supuestamente sin una consulta genuina, un consentimiento libre, previo e informado, y acceso a recursos efectivos de la tribu Howeitat, cuyos miembros han sido amenazados con desalojos de las poblaciones de Al Khuraiba, Sharma y Gayal.
Alleged victims: 6
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23 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Solar Water Plc
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Saudi Public Investment Fund
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom Company. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged persecution of members of the Huweitat tribe who have been resisting their evictions under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. Specifically, three persons (Shadly al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim al-Huwaiti and Atallah al-Huwaiti) have been given the death penalty, and three others (Abdelnasser al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud al-Huwaiti and Abdullah al-Huwaiti) have been handed severe prison sentences, to punish as terrorist acts their mere voicing of opposition to the forced evictions, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, including prolonged solitary confinement, while in custody. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Indigenous Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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26 Jun 2023
10 Jul 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Samsung C&T Corporation
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Republic of Korea
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the alleged persecution of members of the Huweitat tribe who have been resisting their evictions under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. Specifically, three persons (Shadly al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim al-Huwaiti and Atallah al-Huwaiti) have been given the death penalty, and three others (Abdelnasser al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud al-Huwaiti and Abdullah al-Huwaiti) have been handed severe prison sentences, to punish as terrorist acts their mere voicing of opposition to the forced evictions, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, including prolonged solitary confinement, while in custody. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Indigenous Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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21 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Oliver Wyman, LLC
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Netherlands
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the alleged persecution of members of the Huweitat tribe who have been resisting their evictions under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. Specifically, three persons (Shadly al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim al-Huwaiti and Atallah al-Huwaiti) have been given the death penalty, and three others (Abdelnasser al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud al-Huwaiti and Abdullah al-Huwaiti) have been handed severe prison sentences, to punish as terrorist acts their mere voicing of opposition to the forced evictions, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, including prolonged solitary confinement, while in custody. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Indigenous Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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26 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Neom Company
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom Company. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Morphosis
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    McKinsey & Company
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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26 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Keller Group Plc
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd.
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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10 Jul 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Germany
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Merssrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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22 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (FCC)
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Información recibida sobre el riesgo inminente de ejecución de tres personas y largas condenas de prisión de otros tres, en el contexto de presunta persecución de miembros de la tribu Howeitat. Los señores Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaití, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abu Khalilal-Huwaiti y Atallah Musa Mohamedal-Huwaití, han sido condenados a muerte. Los Sres. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqaal-Huwaiti, MahmudAhmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqaal-Huwaiti y Abdullah Dakhilallahal-Huwaití, han sido condenados a severas penas de prisión. Todos están condenados por actos terroristas, supuestamente infundados, y están siendo castigados por simplemente expresar su oposición a los desalojos forzosos de la tribu Howeitat, incluyendo a través de las redes sociales. Al parecer, algunos de ellos han sido sometidos a torturas y malos tratos mientras se encontraban bajo custodia, incluido un régimen de aislamiento prolongado, con el fin de obtener confesiones. Los seis, junto con otros miembros de la tribu Howeitat, se han resistido a los desalojos de sus hogares en el marco del proyecto NEOM, que forma parte de la Visión Saudita 2030. NEOM es un proyecto del Saudi Public Investment Fund, que posee el 100% de una sociedad anónima cerrada denominada NEOM. Presuntamente, varias empresas internacionales, incluida su empresa, han estado involucradas en diferentes etapas del desarrollo del Proyecto NEOM. El proyecto NEOM se está implementando supuestamente sin una consulta genuina, un consentimiento libre, previo e informado, y acceso a mecanismos de reparación eficaces de la tribu Howeitat, cuyos miembros han sido amenazados con desalojos de las aldeas de Al Khuraiba, Sharma y Gayal.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd.
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    China
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Merssrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Bureau Proberts, PTY LTD
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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27 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Boston Consulting Group
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Bechtel Global Corporation
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Australia
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Merssrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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28 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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27 Jun 2023
    28 Apr 2023
    Aedas Limited
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    28 Apr 2023
    Aecom
    JUA
  • housing
  • arbitrary Detention
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the imminent risk of execution of three persons and long prison convictions of three others, in the context of alleged persecution of members of the Howeitat tribe. Messrs. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Ibrahim Salih Ahmad Abou Khalil al-Huwaiti and Atallah Moussa Mohammed al-Huwaiti, have been sentenced to death. Messrs. Abdelnasser Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti, Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Abou Taqiqa al-Huwaiti and Abdullah Dakhilallah al-Huwaiti, have been handed severe prison sentences. All are convicted for terrorist acts, which are allegedly baseless, and they are rather being punished for merely voicing their opposition to the forced evictions of the Howeitat tribe, including on social media. Some of them have allegedly been subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody, including prolonged solitary confinement, for the purpose of extracting confessions. The six, along with other members of the Howeitat tribe, have been resisting evictions from their homes under the NEOM project, part of the Saudi 2030 Vision. The NEOM project is being implemented allegedly without genuine consultation, free prior and informed consent, and access to effective remedies of the Howeitat tribe, whose members have been threatened with evictions from Al Khuraiba, Sharma and Gayal villages. NEOM is a project of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which owns 100% of a closed joint-stock company named Neom. A number of international companies, have been allegedly involved in different stages of the development of the Neom Project.
Alleged victims: 6
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    13 Feb 2023
    Ternium and San Faustin S.A
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
Information reçues concernant la disparition des défenseurs des droits de l'homme, Ricardo Lagunes et Antonio Diaz, dans l'État de Michoacán, au Mexique, et le risque imminent pour leurs vies. Ces deux défenseurs ont travaillé en faveur de la protection des droits de l'homme, notamment le droit à un environnement sain et les droits des Peuples Autochtones, dans le cadre des activités extractives de la société Ternium, basée au Luxembourg et appartenant au groupe argentino-italien Techint.
Alleged victims: 2
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13 Apr 2023
    13 Feb 2023
    Techint
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
Información recibida en relación con la desaparición de los defensores de derechos humanos, los Sres. Ricardo Lagunes y Antonio Díaz en el Estado de Michoacán, México, y el inminente riesgo para sus vidas. Estos dos defensores han desempeñado una labor de protección de los derechos humanos, incluido el derecho al medio ambiente sano y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, en el marco de las actividades extractivas de la empresa Ternium, basada en Luxemburgo, que forma parte del grupo argentino-italiano Techint.
Alleged victims: 2
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22 Feb 2023
    13 Feb 2023
    Mexico
    JUA
  • business
  • disappearances
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
Información recibida en relación con la desaparición de los defensores de derechos humanos, los Sres. Ricardo Lagunes y Antonio Diaz en el Estado de Michoacán, México, y el inminente riesgo para sus vidas. Estos dos defensores han desempeñado una labor de protección de los derechos humanos, incluido el derecho al medio ambiente sano y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, en el marco de las actividades extractivas de la empresa Ternium, basada en Luxemburgo, que forma parte del grupo argentino-italiano Techint.
Alleged victims: 2
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03 May 2023 (Ack.)
    13 Feb 2023
    Luxembourg
    JUA
  • business
  • disappearances
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
Informations reçues concernant la disparition des défenseurs des droits de l'homme, Ricardo Lagunes et Antonio Diaz, dans l'État de Michoacán, au Mexique, et le risque imminent pour leurs vies. Ces deux défenseurs ont travaillé en faveur de la protection des droits de l'homme, notamment le droit à un environnement sain et les droits des Peuples Autochtones, dans le cadre des activités extractives de la société Ternium, basée au Luxembourg et appartenant au groupe argentino-italien Techint.
Alleged victims: 2
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06 Apr 2023
    13 Feb 2023
    Argentina
    JUA
  • business
  • disappearances
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
Información recibida en relación con la desaparición de los defensores de derechos humanos, los Sres. Ricardo Lagunes y Antonio Diaz en el Estado de Michoacán, México, y el inminente riesgo para sus vidas. Estos dos defensores han desempeñado una labor de protección de los derechos humanos, incluido el derecho al medio ambiente sano y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, en el marco de las actividades extractivas de la empresa Ternium, basada en Luxemburgo, que forma parte del grupo argentino-italiano Techint.
Alleged victims: 2
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17 Apr 2023
    30 Jan 2023
    Nepal
    JUA
  • housing
  • business
  • poverty
Information received concerning the alleged imminent threat of forced evictions and home demolitions without plans for adequate alternative housing in Thapathali informal settlement, along the banks of the Bagmati river, in Kathmandu, which could affect up to some 17,500 people (3,500 families), in the context of implementation of Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project and related projects, financed by the Asian Development Bank. These evictions are planned without the provision of any alternative adequate housing and would render many affected persons homeless, thus threatening their health and right to a life in dignity. Additional 2,000 families living in other informal settlements in Kathmandu may also be targeted for evictions in the future. This would be the second time that residents of Thapathali informal settlement would be subjected to forced evictions, after their homes were initially demolished in 2012.
Alleged victims: 17501
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    30 Jan 2023
    Asian Development Bank - ADB
    JUA
  • housing
  • business
  • poverty
Information received concerning the alleged imminent threat of forced evictions and home demolitions without plans for adequate alternative housing at Thapathali informal settlement, along the banks of the Bagmati river, in Kathmandu, which could affect up to some 17,500 people (3,500 families), in the context of implementation of Bagmati River Basin Improvement Project and related projects, financed by the Asian Development Bank. These evictions are planned without the provision of any alternative adequate housing and would render many affected persons homeless, thus threatening their health and right to a life in dignity. Additional 2,000 families living in other informal settlements in Kathmandu may also be targeted for evictions in the future. This would be the second time that residents of Thapathali informal settlement would be subjected to forced evictions, after their homes were initially demolished in 2012.
Alleged victims: 17501
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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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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
    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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    22 Dec 2020
    United States of America
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • housing
  • indigenous peoples
Information received concerning the imminent threat of eviction of around 155 families belonging to the indigenous Mro community due to the construction of a luxury tourist resort in the Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hills Tracts, the absence of consultations with the affected indigenous peoples prior to construction activities, and the intimidation of community members peacefully protesting the project and defending their ancestral lands.
Alleged victims: 155
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    22 Dec 2020
    R&R Holdings Limited
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • housing
  • indigenous peoples
Information received concerning the imminent threat of eviction of around 155 families belonging to the indigenous Mro community due to the construction of a luxury tourist resort in the Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hills Tracts, the absence of consultations with the affected indigenous peoples prior to construction activities, and the intimidation of community members peacefully protesting the project and defending their ancestral lands.
Alleged victims: 155
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    22 Dec 2020
    Marriott International
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • housing
  • indigenous peoples
Information received concerning the imminent threat of eviction of around 155 families belonging to the indigenous Mro community due to the construction of a luxury tourist resort in the Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hills Tracts, the absence of consultations with the affected indigenous peoples prior to construction activities, and the intimidation of community members peacefully protesting the project and defending their ancestral lands.
Alleged victims: 155
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19 Jan 2021
    22 Dec 2020
    Bangladesh
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • housing
  • indigenous peoples
Information received concerning the imminent threat of eviction of around 155 families belonging to the indigenous Mro community due to the construction of a luxury tourist resort in the Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hills Tracts, the absence of consultations with the affected indigenous peoples prior to construction activities, and the intimidation of community members peacefully protesting the project and defending their ancestral lands.
Alleged victims: 155
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    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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    12 Jul 2019
    Guatemala
    JUA
  • business
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
Información recibida alegando irregularidades en el cumplimiento de la sentencia de la Corte de Constitucionalidad de 3 de septiembre de 2018 y su ampliación de 8 de octubre de 2018 en la que se ordenaba al Estado, a través del Ministerio de Energía y Minas, consultar al pueblo indígena xinka asentado en el área de influencia relativa las actividades de la Mina San Rafael. También quisiéramos llevar a su atención información sobre los ataques, las amenazas e intimidaciones que habría sufrido el Sr. Quelvin Otoniel Jiménez Villalta, abogado indígena y defensor de los derechos humanos, quien se desempeña como asesor legal del Parlamento Xinka desde 2015.
Alleged victims: 1
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    18 Dec 2018
    Guatemala
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la criminalización del Sr. Bernardo Caal Xól, líder indígena q’eqchí’ de Santa María Cahabón en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, quien fue condenado a siete años y cuatro meses de prisión por detención ilegal y robo agravado el viernes 9 de noviembre de 2018 por el Juzgado 1º de Sentencia de Cobán. Su comunidad está protestando pacíficamente contra el impacto dañino que la hidroeléctrica Oxec está teniendo sobre sus tierras y recursos naturales. Se alega que la criminalización del Sr. Caal Xól es un acto de represalia por que ha representado su comunidad en litigio contra la hidroeléctrica Oxec. El Sr. Caal Xól guarda prisión en Cobán y teme por su seguridad en la cárcel.
Alleged victims: 26538
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    18 Dec 2018
    Energy Resources Capital Netzone
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la criminalización del Sr. Bernardo Caal Xól, líder indígena q’eqchí’ de Santa María Cahabón en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, condenado a siete años y cuatro meses de prisión por detención ilegal y robo agravado el 9 de noviembre de 2018 por el Juzgado 1º de Sentencia de Cobán, a raíz de una denuncia interpuesta por su subcontratista. Su comunidad está protestando pacíficamente contra el impacto dañino que la hidroeléctrica Oxec está teniendo sobre sus tierras y recursos naturales. Se alega que la criminalización del Sr. Caal Xól es un acto de represalia porque ha representado a su comunidad en litigio contra la hidroeléctrica Oxec. El Sr. Caal Xól guarda prisión en Cobán y teme por su seguridad en la cárcel.
Alleged victims: 26538
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    17 Dec 2018
    Panama
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la criminalización del Sr. Bernardo Caal Xól, líder indígena q’eqchí’ de Santa María Cahabón en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, condenado a siete años y cuatro meses de prisión por detención ilegal y robo agravado el 9 de noviembre de 2018 por el Juzgado 1º de Sentencia de Cobán, a raíz de una denuncia interpuesta por su subcontratista. Su comunidad está protestando pacíficamente contra el impacto dañino que las actividades de su empresa están teniendo sobre sus tierras y recursos naturales. Se alega que la criminalización del Sr. Caal Xól es un acto de represalia por que ha representado su comunidad en litigio contra su empresa. El Sr. Caal Xól guarda prisión en Cobán y teme por su seguridad en la cárcel.
Alleged victims: 26538
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08 Mar 2019
    17 Dec 2018
    Oxec SA
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la criminalización del Sr. Bernardo Caal Xól, líder indígena q’eqchí’ de Santa María Cahabón en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, quien fue condenado a siete años y cuatro meses de prisión por detención ilegal y robo agravado el viernes 9 de noviembre de 2018 por el Juzgado 1º de Sentencia de Cobán, a raíz de una denuncia interpuesta por su subcontratista. Su comunidad está protestando pacíficamente contra el impacto dañino que las actividades de su empresa están teniendo sobre sus tierras y recursos naturales. Se alega que la criminalización del Sr. Caal Xól es un acto de represalia por que ha representado su comunidad en litigio contra su empresa. El Sr. Caal Xól guarda prisión en Cobán y teme por su seguridad en la cárcel.
Alleged victims: 26538
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    17 Dec 2018
    Netzone
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Información recibida en relación con la criminalización del Sr. Bernardo Caal Xól, líder indígena q’eqchí’ de Santa María Cahabón en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, condenado a siete años y cuatro meses de prisión por detención ilegal y robo agravado 9 de noviembre de 2018 por el Juzgado 1º de Sentencia de Cobán, a raíz de una denuncia interpuesta por el representante legal de su empresa. Su comunidad está protestando pacíficamente contra el impacto dañino que la hidroeléctrica Oxec está teniendo sobre sus tierras y recursos naturales. Se alega que la criminalización del Sr. Caal Xól es un acto de represalia por que ha representado su comunidad en litigio contra la hidroeléctrica Oxec. El Sr. Caal Xól guarda prisión en Cobán y teme por su seguridad en la cárcel.
Alleged victims: 26538
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    25 Jul 2018
    Kenya
    JUA
  • business
  • housing
In this connection, we would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government the information we have received regarding the ongoing forced evictions and demolitions of houses, schools and business in the settlement of Kibura, Southwest of Nairobi started on 23 July, without any adequate notice and consultation with affected individuals. We would also like to bring your attention that this planned destruction will reportedly rendered 30 000 people homeless without no plans for resettlement and/or compensation.
Alleged victims: 30000
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    25 Jul 2018
    H Young & Co (EA) Ltd
    JUA
  • business
  • housing
Information received regarding the ongoing forced evictions and demolitions of houses, schools and business in the settlement of Kibera, Southwest of Nairobi for the construction of a road, whose public tender has been given to your company.
Alleged victims: 30000
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26 Jul 2018
    29 May 2018
    Vedanta Resources
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • toxics and human rights
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the killing of 12 demonstrators following excessive use of force by Police in the district of Tuticorin, State of Tamil Nadu, during a protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant and revocation of the proposed extension of its capacity. The protests took place in the context of the wide dissatisfaction with the alleged air pollution and groundwater contamination caused by the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.
Alleged victims: 10
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    29 May 2018
    Vedanta Limited
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • toxics and human rights
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the killing of 12 demonstrators following excessive use of force by Police in the district of Tuticorin, State of Tamil Nadu, during a protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant and revocation of the proposed extension of its capacity. The protests took place in the context of the wide dissatisfaction with the alleged air pollution and groundwater contamination caused by the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.
Alleged victims: 10
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    29 May 2018
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • toxics and human rights
  • human rights defenders
  • water and sanitation
In this connection, we would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government information we have received concerning the killing of 11 demonstrators following excessive use of force by Police in the district of Tuticorin, State of Tamil Nadu, during a protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant, subsidiary of the British company Vedanta Ressources. We would also like to bring your attention to the alleged air pollution and groundwater contamination caused by the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin, which triggered the protest, following the announcement of the extension of the copper plant.
Alleged victims: 10
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24 Jul 2018
    29 May 2018
    Sterlite Copper
    JUA
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  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • toxics and human rights
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the In this connection, we would like to bring to your attention information we have received concerning the killing of 12 demonstrators following excessive use of force by Police in the district of Tuticorin, State of Tamil Nadu, during a protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant and revocation of the proposed extension of its capacity. The protests took place in the context of the wide dissatisfaction with the alleged air pollution and groundwater contamination caused by the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.
Alleged victims: 10
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    29 May 2018
    India
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • toxics and human rights
  • human rights defenders
  • water and sanitation
In this connection, we would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government information we have received concerning the killing of 10 demonstrators in police fire in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, during the protest against the extension of the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant. We would also like to bring your attention to the alleged air pollution and groundwater contamination caused by the copper smelter plant in Tuticorin, which triggered the protest, following the announcement of the extension of the copper plant.
Alleged victims: 10
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30 Dec 2019
    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
    01 Feb 2018
    Colombia
    JUA
  • business
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • Transitional justice
Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de amenazas de muerte y agresiones por parte de grupos paramilitares contra el Sr. Germán Graciano Posso, integrante de la Comunidad de Paz de San José del Apartadó, que presuntamente se relacionarían con su labor como defensor de derechos humanos y con su participación en el Foro de Naciones Unidas sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas de 2017, pudiendo constituir represalias bajo las resoluciones 12/2, 22/6 y 24/24 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos.
Alleged victims: 1
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    18 May 2017
    Nicaragua
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • violence against women
Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de actos de intimidación, difamación y amenaza, en algunos casos amenazas de muerte, en contra de las señoras Lottie Cunningham Wren, Juana Bilbano, Vilma Núñez de Escorcia y Francisca Ramírez, así como contra miembros de sus familias, presuntamente en relación con su trabajo legítimo como defensoras de derechos humanos en Nicaragua.
Alleged victims: 4
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02 Jun 2017
    17 May 2017
    Guatemala
    JUA
  • business
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
Información recibida en relación en relación con un ataque y acto de intimidación en contra del abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Pedro Rafael Maldonado Flores, director del área legal del Centro de Acción Legal-Ambiental y Social de Guatemala (CALAS).
Alleged victims: 1
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30 Jun 2017
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    11 Nov 2016
    United States of America
    JUA
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the excessive use of force by state law enforcement officials, private security companies, as well as the North Dakota National Guard, in the context of protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, in particular, over the past two weeks.
Alleged victims: 401
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09 Dec 2016
    21 Sep 2016
    United States of America
    JUA
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Information received regarding the construction of an oil pipeline in proximity to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, planned to cross under Lake Oahe, the main source of water for the tribe and an area of cultural and spiritual significance.
Alleged victims: 2
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    15 Jul 2016
    Dominican Republic
    JUA
  • business
  • housing
Información recibida en relación con dos desalojos forzosos de ochenta familias en total, aproximadamente 300 personas, incluyendo niños y niñas, residentes en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de El Seybo los días 15 y 26 de enero por parte de agentes armados de la empresa Compañía Central Romana.
Alleged victims: 300
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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
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    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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14 Jul 2016
    01 Apr 2016
    Peru
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • business
Alegaciones de ataques físicos, actos de hostigamiento y amenazas contra la indígena quechua Máxima Acuña de Chaupe, defensora de derechos humanos, y su familia en el departamento de Cajamarca, por razón de su disputa territorial con la compañía minera Yanacocha S.R.L. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 2 de febrero de 2016, la Sra. Acuña de Chaupe habría sufrido una serie de actos por parte de la compañía minera y la Policía Nacional peruana. Se expresa preocupación para la vida y la integridad física y moral que la presente situación supone para la familia de la Sra. Acuña de Chaupe y la falta de medidas de protección, pese a ser beneficiarias de medidas cautelares por parte de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos desde el 5 de mayo de 2014. Las alegaciones conllevarían presuntas violaciones del derecho a la consulta previa y consentimiento previo, libre e informado con las comunidades y rondas campesinas en la aprobación del proyecto minero. La Sra. Acuña de Chaupe fue objeto de comunicaciones previas enviadas el 25 de agosto de 2015 (ver A/HRC/31/79 PER 3/2015) y el 20 de febrero de 2014 (ver A/HRC/26/21PER 1/2014).
Alleged victims: 1
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14 Apr 2016
    14 Jan 2016
    Honduras
    JUA
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • business
Alegaciones de asesinato, ataques, intimidación y amenazas contra miembros de comunidades indígenas y defensores de derechos humanos. Según las informaciones recibidas, el 27 de septiembre del 2015 una persona habría muerto y varias heridas en un enfrentamiento entre miembros del consejo indígena San Isidro y afines de un proyecto hidroeléctrico, en el municipio de Santa Elena. El Sr. Rosalio Vasquez Pineda, Presidente del consejo indígena de San Isidro, habría sido acusado de homicidio e intento de homicidio, aunque no habría estado presente. El 10 de octubre de 2015, el Sr. Yobany Alonzo Vasquez, miembro de Movimiento Indígena Lenca de la Paz (MILPAH) habría sido detenido de manera violenta y amenazado de muerte por una patrulla de diez policías. El 22 de octubre de 2015, a las 4:30 de la mañana, 30 policías, militares y civiles armados habrían entrado de manera violenta en la vivienda del Sr. Rosalio Vásquez Pineda y la Sra. Ana Miriam Romero, y atacado miembros de su familia. Los Sres. Porfirio Vasquez Pineda y Rodolfo Vasquez Pineda fueron detenidos. Las Sras. Romero y Rosaura Vásquez Pineda habrían sufrido consecuencias graves de los golpes recibidos durante el ataque. El 20 de diciembre de 2015 el Sr. Javier Vásquez Benítez, miembro de MILPAH, habría sido encontrado asesinado en un barranco en el municipio Santa Elena en La Paz.
Alleged victims: 7
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    24 Nov 2015
    Brazil
    JUA
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • toxics and human rights
  • water and sanitation
  • environment
  • business
Alleged detrimental human rights impact caused by the collapse of an ore tailing waste dam in Bento Rodrigues, a sub-district of Mariana municipality in Minas Gerais state belonging to Samarco Mining S.A., a joint venture between Vale S.A. and BHP Billiton Brazil Ltda. According to the information received, 50 million cubic metres of iron ore waste washed away the entire Bento Rodrigues district of 600 inhabitants and the advancing toxic ‘mud wave’ continues to contaminate the soil, rivers, flora and fauna of the entire ecosystem of the region in its downstream path of 850 kilometres towards the sea. From the source of the contamination to the mouth of the sea, around 6 million people are affected by this disaster. The environmental damage to the region is said to be irreparable as the flood waters have produced a dense toxic mud that has entered the River Doce, contaminating it with very high levels of hazardous substances. All cities in the flood path have had water cuts and many residents have had to be taken to hospital for respiratory irritation and intoxication of heavy metals. 11 bodies had been found and 12 persons are still officially missing.
Alleged victims: -
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    19 Feb 2015
    Thailand
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • food
  • toxics and human rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • environment
  • business
Allegations of threats against, incommunicado detention, attempted killing and killings of several environmental and land rights defenders, as well as threats against community members. According to the information received, on 30 November 2014, Mr. Pitan Thongpanang, who had been leading a campaign against a mining company operating the Barite mine in Nonpitan District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, was shot dead by an unknown armed man. On 3 December 2014, Mr. Somsuk Kohkrang, a land rights activist in Muang District, Krabi Province, was shot dead by an unknown armed man. On 29 December 2014, the house of Mr. Suwit Jeh-Soh, a community activist and school director in Mueng Ta Kau Village, Phattalung Province, was attacked by unknown armed individuals with multiple rounds of gunfire. On 3 February 2015, Mr. Pianrat Boonrit, a prominent land rights activist from the Premsub community in Chaiburi District, Surat Thani Province, while complying with a summons he had received to present himself at Vibhavadi Rangsit Military Camp, was detained and held incommunicado for two days. On 11 February 2015, Mr. Chai Bunthonglek, a community land rights activist from the Khlong Sai Pattana Community in Chaiburi District, Surat Thani Province, was shot dead by two unidentified armed men. Two previous communications concerning killings of environmental and land rights defenders were sent to the Government of Thailand; on 9 January 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. THA 1/2013; and on 2 April 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. THA 3/2013.
Alleged victims: 5
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    31 Mar 2014
    Philippines
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • violence against women
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • business
Allegations of a series of killings, attempted killings and death threats against indigenous leaders, peasant leaders and environmental activists in the Philippines. According to the information received, Mr. Gilbert Paborada was killed on 3 October 2012, after he had received a number of death threats. On 19 October 2013, at around 2 p.m., Ms. Elisa Lascoña Tulid and her family were shot at. Ms. Tulid died from the wounds she sustained, while her family members survived the attack. On 1 December 2013, Mr. Rolen Langala was killed. On 3 January 2014, Mr. Marcelo Monterona was killed. On 5 February 2014, Mr. Julieto Lauron and Ms. Nermie Lapatis were shot. Mr. Lauron died instantaneously, while Ms. Lapatis survived the attack. Mr. Sixto V. Bagasala Jr. was killed on 15 February 2014. Grave concern is expressed that these violent attacks might have been linked to their peaceful and legitimate work in defending human rights in the Philippines.
Alleged victims: 7
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    26 Nov 2013
    Mexico
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • business
Presunto clima de violencia, intimidación y hostigamiento a defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos que trabajan en defensa del acceso a la tierra y a los recursos naturales. Este clima incluiría asesinatos, secuestros, detenciones y allanamientos de individuos y organizaciones, a menudo trabajando por los derechos de pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales y en el contexto de grandes proyectos de desarrollo y operaciones de empresas del sector energético y extractivo, en particular en los estados de Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Oaxaca y Veracruz, aunque algunos de los casos mencionados en esta comunicación incluyen incidentes ocurridos en los estados de México y de Morelos.
Alleged victims: 7
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    27 Aug 2013
    Honduras
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  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • executions
  • mercenaries
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • business
Presunto asesinato, amenazas y otros actos intimidatorios en contra de defensores de derechos medio-ambientales, derechos a la tierra, y derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Según las alegaciones, el 22 de mayo de 2013, Nahum Ricardo Domínguez habría sido el objeto de un acto intimidatorio después de dar unas conferencias de prensa. El 24 de mayo de 2013, Berta Cáceres y Tomás Gómez Membreño, defensores de los derechos del pueblo indígena lenca, habrían sido detenidos en una operación militar. El 15 de julio de 2013, el dirigente indígena lenca Tomás García habría sido asesinado por el Ejército Hondureño durante una manifestación. El 24 de julio de 2013, la comunidad de La Nueva Esperanza habría sido objeto de actos intimidatorios y habrían sido secuestrados temporalmente dos defensores que realizaban labores de acompañamiento internacional a dicha comunidad.
Alleged victims: 11
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20 Sep 2013