Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply RUS 7/2014 25/09/2014 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 24/11/2014 Allegations of threats, deportation and categorisation of a non-governmental organization as a ‘foreign agent’. According to the information received, on 27 January 2014, the Institute for Freedom of Information Development Foundation (IFIDF), a non-governmental organization campaigning for transparency in government, received an official notice obliging it to register as a ‘foreign agent’. On 5 August 2014, Ms. Jennifer Gaspar, spouse of Mr. Ivan Pavlov, Head Counsel at IFIDF, was informed that her residence permit had been cancelled. The same day, Mr. Pavlov received a threat via the IFIDF website. On 19 August 2014, the Frunzenskiy District Court upheld the decision to deport Ms. Gaspar. On 29 August 2014, IFIDF was added to the list of ‘foreign agents’, despite a pending appeal against the notice of violation. Concern is expressed at the alleged threat against Mr. Pavlov and the deportation of Ms. Gaspar, as well as the categorisation of IFIDF as a ‘foreign agent’. SLE 1/2014 25/09/2014 Sierra Leone JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Allegations of threats against a human rights defender. According to the information received, during an interview on 4 August 2014, Ms. Mary Conteh, National Coordinator of the Women’s Centre for Good Governance and Human Rights (WOCEGAR), a non-governmental organization, criticized the Government of Sierra Leone’s response to the Ebola outbreak. On 6 August 2014, a public official reportedly declared during a stakeholder meeting that he would not hesitate to arrest and close the organizations of human rights defenders critical of Government actions. On 24 August 2014, Ms. Conteh sought information from a public official on the use of State funding provided to combat Ebola and was threatened that he could have her disappeared. On 28 August 2014, Ms. Conteh received a threat over the phone that false information about her having contracted Ebola would be spread if she continued her human rights work. Concern is expressed at the threats made against Ms. Conteh, who was the subject of a previous communication sent on 23 September 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. SLE 1/2011. A/HRC/28/85 85