Moussa Bourefis
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2010-019-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2010
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 28.033886
Longitude: 1.659626
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Algeria
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 8 January 2009
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
medical student and intern in obstetric gynaecology at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) in Constantine; human rights activities for the families of the disappeared.
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
following his meeting with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in November 2008
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- November 2008
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- following his meeting in November 2008
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Constantine
- Reprisal information
allegedly been the subject of intimidations following his meeting with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in November 2008. Mr. Bourefis risked losing his internship at the hospital as a result. The pressure on the administration of the faculty and CHU in Constantine may have been designed to force him to cease his human rights activities for the families of the disappeared.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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