B.
Replies received between 1 February and 30 April 2014 relating to communications sent before 1
December 2013
11.
The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 Dcember 2013 to which a reply or an
additional reply has been received in the period between 1 February and 30 April 2014. Copies of the full text of the
communications sent and the reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report
available on the OHCHR website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise
unidentifiable. Cases COL 13/2012, USA 9/2013 and USA 11/2013 were erroneously excluded from the previous report
A/HRC/25/74 and are now included.
Date
Type
Case No
Country
LKA 11/2011
29/12/2011 Sri Lanka
JAL
Mandate(s)
Disappearances;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Violence against
women;
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
Allegations of detention of and acts of intimidation against a group of human rights and 23/12/2013
political activists who were planning to attend a peaceful protest in Jaffna on the
occasion of Human Rights Day. According to the information received, on 10 December
2011, 42 human rights and political activists from the south of the country were
prevented by security forces from joining a peaceful protest in Jaffna to mark Human
Rights Day. They were detained for a couple of hours, and their materials confiscated
and never returned. A number of activists also faced acts of intimidation from police
officers.
A/HRC/26/21
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