Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MMR 5/2014 12/08/2014 Myanmar JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; 27/10/2014 Alleged reprisals, in the form of arbitrary arrest, against a human rights defender for cooperating with the United Nations, its mechanisms and representatives in the field of human rights. According to the information received, Mr. Sein Than, a human rights defender and leader of the movement denouncing the confiscation of the Mi Chaung Kan land, was arrested on the morning of 31 July 2014 in Yangon, and taken to Insein prison, where he is being detained on remand pending trial. Reports state that Mr. Sein Than was not presented with an arrest warrant and that he was physically abused during arrest. Reportedly, Mr. Sein Than has been charged under Section 18 of The Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act (The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 15/2011) as amended by the Law Amending the Law on the Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 26/2014 and Section 68 of the Municipal Law. Mr. Sein Than was reportedly on his way to the United Nations office at the time of his arrest, where he planned to deliver documents intended for the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. RUS 6/2014 12/08/2014 Russian JUA Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 06/10/2014 Allegations concerning an attack, smear campaign, stigmatization and acts of intimidation against several human rights defenders working for organizations that have their offices in the Human Rights House Voronezh (HRHV). According to the information received, in late June 2014, signs bearing the names of organizations with offices in HRHV were removed and vandalized. A banner was placed in Voronezh with the phrase “The fifth column in Voronezh. These are traitors, scum and simply freaks! Know their faces!” showing pictures of members of the HRHV, as well as other human rights defenders of the city. Posters were also hung containing information on the activities of members of the HRHV and LGBTI activists. On 1 July 2014, Mr. Andrey Yurov, honorary president of the International Youth Human Rights Movement (IYHRM), which has its offices in the HRHV, was physically assaulted by two masked men who threw an antiseptic liquid in his face, causing first degree chemical burns. HRHV was the subject of two previous communications sent on 21 January 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. RUS 1/2013; and on 26 August 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. RUS 6/2013. A/HRC/28/85 56 Date Type