Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply THA 5/2014 01/07/2014 Thailand JAL Environment; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of attacks and threats against villagers of Nanongbong, Loei Province, and 09/09/2014 environmental activists campaigning against the environmental and health impacts of gold mines in their communities. According to the information received, on 15 May 2014, a group of approximately 300 unidentified men, led by a Lieutenant General of the Royal Thai Army, armed with knives, sticks and guns, allegedly entered Nanongbong village in Loei Province. The villagers of Nanongbong belong to the Khon Rak Ban Keod Group and have been actively campaigning against a gold mining company in their district, which is owned by Tungkum Limited (TKL) since 2004. Approximately forty villagers were reportedly attacked and held against their will by the armed men. They were blindfolded, handcuffed and forced to lay facedown on the ground, and many of them were beaten. The villagers and environmental activists were held until the armed men had managed to transfer minerals out of the mine. On 9 June 2014, soldiers were deployed to the area to protect the villagers of Wangsaphung District and the mining company and to create a climate of reconciliation. THA 7/2014 01/07/2014 Thailand UA Torture; 16/07/2014 Allegations of imminent deportation of over 430 persons claiming to be Turks, currently held in various immigration detention centres and facilities of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in Thailand. According to the information received, a group of over 430 persons are at imminent risk of deportation from Thailand to China. Starting the first day of their detention, these individuals declared themselves to be Turks, on their way to Turkey. Despite the reported willingness of the Republic of Turkey to receive them in Turkey, these women, children and men have since remained in custody in Thailand. It is feared that they are at risk of deportation to China, where they reportedly could be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. A/HRC/28/85 23