Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply COL 9/2014 21/10/2014 Colombia JUA Disappearances; Human rights defenders; Presuntas amenazas y calumnias en contra de la Directora de la Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista. Según la información recibida, el 8 y 9 de septiembre de 2014, la Sra. Yanette Bautista Bautista habría recibido tres correos electrónicos con contenidos amenazantes contra su vida. Además, el 17 de septiembre de 2014, el Senador y ex – Presidente de la República Álvaro Uribe la habría acusado de guerrillera. Las amenazas de muerte contra 87 defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos en Colombia, fue objeto de una comunicación anterior enviada el 24 de septiembre de 2014, ver arriba, caso no. COL 8/2014. 14/11/2014 IRN 25/2014 21/10/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Iran; Alleged arrest and detention of a human rights activist, including as a form of reprisal for cooperating with the United Nations, its mechanisms and representatives in the field of human rights. According to the information received, on 2 June 2014, Mr. Saeed Shirzad, a human rights activist and member of the Society for Defending Street and Working Children, was arrested at his workplace in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, and held overnight at the Ministry of Intelligence detention facility, before being transferred to Evin Prison, Tehran. He was reportedly held in solitary confinement for two months in Ward 209 without access to a lawyer. Although no indictment has been issued against Mr. Shirzad, he was allegedly verbally informed of his charges on 18 August 2014, which included association and collusion against national security, propaganda against the system and cooperation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr Shirzad was the subject of a previous communication sent on 15 July 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 12/2014. OTH 11/2014 22/10/2014 Other JAL Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Letter concerning the alleged arbitrary dismissal of the head of the World Intellectual 25/11/2014 Property Organization (WIPO) staff association. According to the information received, on 19 September 2014, Mr. Moncef Kateb, head of the staff association of WIPO, was allegedly unfairly dismissed from his employment. It is reported that this decision took place a few days before Mr. Kateb was expected to criticize some management practices within the organization during WIPO’s annual governing body meeting. Reportedly, the decision taken against Mr. Kateb is the latest in a series of measures against him in recent years. A/HRC/28/85 103

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