A/HRC/4/33/Add.1
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Para
Country
62.
63.
Egypt
Date
Type
Mandate
07/11/06
JAL
FRDX;
TOR;
05/01/06
UA
TOR;
Allegations transmitted
Government Response
Kisangani. Pendant le transfert, les soldats de la
Garde républicaine lui auraient donné des coups
avec des crosses de fusil. Quand « Capitaine
Jules » aurait compris peu après que M. Masua
n’était pas venu au camp pour espionner, il aurait
ordonné à ses hommes de le libérer.
Arnaud Zajtman et Marlène Rabaud, travaillant
respectivement pour la (BBC) British Broadcasting
Corporation et pour l'agence Reuters TV, auraient
été interpellés le 26 octobre 2006 par des
éléments de la police nationale congolaise devant
le Centre pénitentiaire et de Rééducation de
Kinshasa. Les deux journalistes auraient été
frappés et menacé avec une mitraillette. Après
trois heures passées dans une voiture de la
police, les journalistes auraient été acheminés au
quartier de Kin Mazière où siègent les services
spéciaux, et libérés aussitôt.
650 Sudanese nationals. The group includes
asylum-seekers and refugees recognised by the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR). On 5 January 2006, up to
650 Sudanese nationals were at imminent risk of
being forcibly returned to Sudan. Some might be
at risk of torture if returned. This followed the
deaths on 30 December 2005 of 27 Sudanese
refugees and migrants demonstrating in a
makeshift camp in Mohandiseen, Cairo, outside
the UNHCR offices. Nearly 4,000 police officers
surrounded the encampment, fired water cannons
into the crowd, and then entered in force, beating
people indiscriminately with batons and
truncheons.
By letter dated 30/01/06, the Government
reported that while regretting the casualties on
both sides, it is noteworthy that most of the
losses of life resulted from the chaos and
stampede caused by the extremist leaders of
the Sudanese nationals. On 5 January, the
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees addressed a letter to the Foreign
Minister, indicating that over the last three
months, the Egyptian authorities and UNHCR
have tirelessly worked hand in hand to resolve
the situation. However, despite the joint
positive engagement towards a peaceful
conclusion, the situation ended violently and
tragically, which, as UNHCR stated, was not
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