Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted MYS 5/2014 18/08/2014 Malaysia JAL Environment; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Toxic waste; Allegations of excessive use of force by the police against environmental and human rights defenders, and local residents who were peacefully protesting against an Australian private company. According to the information received, Lynas Corporation, and its Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) is a rare earth processing plant currently being set up in Kuantan, Malaysia, that will potentially impose tons of toxic waste on the local community. On 22 June 2014, around 1,000 environmental activists, human rights defenders and local residents gathered to peacefully protest against the Australian mining company, Lynas Corporation, at Jalan Bandaran in Gebeng, Malaysia. Reportedly, after attempts to negotiate with the police, several protesters were beaten and arrested. Two protesters were hospitalized and one sustained serious injuries to his head. Fifteen Malaysian protesters were charged with, among others, unlawful assembly and rioting: Wong Tack, leader of Himpunan Hijau Hijau, (Green Assembly), a Malaysian environmentalist movement, and five of its members - Phua Kia Yeow, Ho Kam Huat, Wong Chee Wai, Wong Chee Wen and Foong Poh Choo - and Chong Kong Yeun, Raymond Ng Abdullah, Hew Kuan Yau, Thomas Wang, Ta Weng Seng, Rapar Ahmad, Lee Khai Ming, Tan Chee Hooi and Zamri Zonal. Ms. Natalie Lowrey, an Australian citizen, was also arrested and detained for six days, during which she was denied access to basic necessities, including water, before being deported to Australia on 27 June 2014. MEX 15/2014 18/08/2014 México AL Freedom of expression; Alegaciones en relación al proyecto de ley aprobado por el Congreso del Estado de Sinaloa, el cual prohibiría a periodistas fotografiar y grabar video o audio en la escena del crimen. Según la información recibida, el 30 de julio de 2014, el Congreso del Estado de Sinaloa habría aprobado por unanimidad el Decreto N ° 159, que modifica e introduce nuevas disposiciones a la Ley Orgánica de la Procuraduría General de Justicia. Si esta ley entrara en vigor, los periodistas sólo podrían contar con información oficial aprobada por el Ministerio para informar sobre un crimen. Autoridades y periodistas habrían manifestado públicamente su desaprobación en relación a dicha reforma legislativa alegando que ésta representaría una restricción excesiva del derecho a la libertad de expresión y del derecho de acceso a la información. Reply 21/10/2014 21/10/2014 A/HRC/28/85 61