Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2010-037-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2010
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.00789
Longitude: -10.940835
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Mauritania
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 22 February 2010
- 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
adviser to the National Commission of Human Rights, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania, and staff member of SOS Esclaves.
- 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 the official visit of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery to Mauritania in October and November 2009, with whom Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid shared information
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- during October and November 2009
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Following SR visit
- Reprisal information
the news website elbidaya.net reportedly published an anonymous article defaming the latter. The article was relayed by several Mauritanian websites. In addition, during the same period, an unidentified individual tried to break into the house of Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid, then ran away.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- Online harassment
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Unclear
- 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?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2011
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
- With regard to the case of Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid mentioned in my previous report,28 the Government of Mauritania responded, in a letter dated 4 May 2010,29 to the allegation letter of 22 February 2010 sent by several special rapporteurs. 83. In its response, the Government of Mauritania stated that the Chairperson of the National Commission of Human Rights had requested the Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization to extend the professional passport of Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid, then member of the Commission. However, the request was turned down because, as it was considered that Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid’s trip was for private purposes only, no travel authorization was issued by the Secretary-General of the Government for the trip. The Government also stated that Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid was working for the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania, an illegal organization in Mauritania, given that it has no legal existence in Mauritanian law. Despite this fact, the authorities said that Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid has always been able to travel on behalf of his organization without encountering any problem. The Government of Mauritania added that these allegations were unfounded. 84. Mr. Ould Dah Ould Abeid was the subject of two other communications, sent on 27 April30 and 29 December 2010.31 The Government responded to the latter on 10 February 2011.32
- Followup Trends 0
- No substantive information provided by SG report
- Did the government respond? 0
- Yes
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
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