Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MMR 2/2015 06/03/2015 Myanmar JUA Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Myanmar; Allegations concerning threats of excessive use of force in the context of a peaceful assembly asking for amendments to the 2014 National Education Law. According to the information received, approximately 150 students joined by local citizens and Buddhist monks peacefully protested against the National Education Law on 2 March 2015 near the Aung Myay Bateman monastery in Northern Yangon. The protestors planned to march to Yangon the next day. On the morning of 3 March 2015, up to 1,000 members of security forces blocked the protestors from continuing their march and demanded that they disperse or face a crackdown. Serious concern is expressed that the State response may involve excessive use of force and violation of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. 15/05/2015 RUS 1/2015 06/03/2015 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Summary executions; Allegations concerning the assassination of an opposition leader in Moscow, Russian 20/05/2015 Federation. According to the information received, on 27 February 2015, Mr. Boris Nemtsov, a prominent opposition leader, was shot dead by unknown assailants while walking over a bridge in central Moscow. The assassination took place three days before a scheduled large opposition demonstration which Mr. Nemtsov was set to lead. Mr. Nemtsov was previously arrested in connection with his role in peaceful protests and had been accused by State media and public officials of being an “enemy of Russia”. The Government has opened an investigation into his death; however Government officials have made public judgments in relation to the killing that may prejudice the investigation. IND 3/2015 11/03/2015 India JAL Discrimination against women; Health; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged existence of unsafe, substandard and unethical sterilisation camps resulting in medical complications and deaths of several women. According to the information received, on 8 and 10 November 2014, procedures performed in a sterilisation camp in the State of Chhattisgarh funded by the State Government of Chhattisgarh resulted in the deaths of 13 women and critical condition of 70 others. The procedures were reportedly performed without free and informed consent, in facilities of deplorable and unhygienic conditions, and with sub-standard clinical procedures. Women of low socio-economic standing were actively targeted and incentivised by the State Government of Chhattisgarh to undergo the sterilisation procedure, and there was a general lack of information regarding the consequences and risks of the sterilisation. A/HRC/30/27 11