Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
CHN 7/2014
16/07/2014 China (People's
JUA
Republic of)
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Torture;
Allegations of arrest, detention and harassment of human rights lawyers and activists 20/08/2014
surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. According to the
information received, between 20 March 2014 and 21 June 2014, Messrs. Jiang
Tianyong, Tang Jitian, Zhang Junjie, Wang Chen, Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying,
Yuan Xinting, Liu Shihui, Ding Jiaxi, Zhao Changqing and Li Sihua were arrested,
detained and some of them were convicted of various offences in Zhengzhou
province, Heilongjiang province, Jiangxi province, Shanghai and Beijing. Grave
concern is expressed at the violent and repressive measures taken against these
individuals while carrying out their peaceful work promoting democracy, combatting
corruption, organizing commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and
providing legal representation to victims of human rights violations. The human rights
defenders mentioned in this communication were the subject of previous
communications dated 7 November 2008, see A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, para. 586-591; 10
June 2009, see A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, para. 345-352; 27 April 2010, see
A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para. 388-392, and 428-465; 7 December 2010, see
A/HRC/18/51, case no. CHN 29/2010; 3 March 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no.
CHN 5/2011; 15 May 2012, see A/HRC/21/49, case no. CHN 4/2012; and 9 August
2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. CHN 8/2013.
HUN 1/2014
16/07/2014 Hungary
JAL
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged lack of a proper legal basis for audits conducted by the Hungarian
Government Control Office of civil society organizations working on human rights
issues connected to the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norwegian Financial
Mechanism. According to the information received, on 9 May 2014, Norway decided
to suspend disbursements of the State Fund to Hungary under the EEA and Norway
Grants scheme. Since that date, the Autonomia Foundation, DemNet and Okotars
Foundation, organizations connected to the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, have
been subjected to audits by the Government Control Office, allegedly without any
legal basis. Concern is expressed that such audits are being used to obstruct and
stigmatise the work of civil society organizations, which, if confirmed, would
contribute to shrinking the space in which civil society and human rights
organizations currently operate in Hungary.
15/09/2014
A/HRC/28/85
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