Issue Date: 30 April 2014
Country: Thailand
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MISSING IN THAILAND
A prominent human rights activist has been
missing in Thailand since 17 April 2014. It is feared that Pholachi Rakchongcharoen,
also known as “Billy,” has been subjected to enforced disappearance in
response to his activism.
Name: Pholachi Rakchongcharoen, also known
as “Billy” (m)
Issue(s): Enforced disappearance
Issue Date: 30 April 2014
Country: Colombia
DEATH THREATS RECEIVED IN ‘HUMANITARIAN
ZONE’
Three human rights defenders have been threatened
by paramilitaries in the port city of Buenavenutra, southern Colombia,
following the creation of the Humanitarian Zone of Puente Nayero, a civilian
initiative to protect the mainly Afro-descendant community.
Name: Danilo Rueda (m), Orlando Castillo
(m), Luis Yasmani Grueso Sinisterra (m), Afro-descendant community
Issue(s): Death threats
Issue Date: 30 April 2014
CALL FOR INQUIRIES INTO TWO KILLINGS IN
RIO
A man was shot dead during a protest in the
Pavão-Pavãozinho community in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro on 22 April. The
community was protesting in reaction to the death of another man earlier
that day during a police operation in the favela.
Name: Edilson Silva dos Santos (m), Douglas
Rafael Pereira da Silva (m), Maria de Fátima (f)
Issues: Extrajudicial killings, Death
threats
- Further information on UA: 75/14 (28 March
2014)
Issue Date: 30 April 2014
Country: Egypt
COURT SENTENCES 37 TO DEATH, 491 TO LIFE
IN JAIL
An Egyptian court sentenced 37 people to
death and 491 others to life in prison on 28 April. This followed a grossly
unfair trial which breached both international fair trial standards and
Egyptian law.
Name: 528 people (m)
Issues: Unfair trial, Death penalty, Imminent
execution
