Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply AUS 3/2014 04/09/2014 Australia JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 05/11/2014 Alleged undue restrictions on the right to freedom of expression, opinion, and peaceful assembly contained in the draft Workplaces (Protection from Protestors) Bill 23/12/2014 2014. According to the information received, on 24 June 2014, the House of Assembly of the Tasmanian Parliament passed the proposed bill, and the Legislative Council considered the Bill on 19 August 2014. The Bill intends to prohibit protest activities that hinder the operation of business activities. It contains a number of provisions which unduly restrict the rights to freedom of expression and assembly in relation to, amongst others, the prohibition of protest activity in public spaces; the broad definition of protestors which targets a variety of individuals; the definition of protest activity as “an opinion, or belief, in respect of a political, environmental, social, cultural or economic issue” and the imposition of disproportionate punishments, which include excessive fines and prison sentences. BRA 8/2014 04/09/2014 Brazil JAL Human rights defenders; Torture; Violence against women; 10/12/2014 Allegations of threats and attacks against a human rights defender, and an attack against her family and raid on her home. According to the information received, on 23 May 2014, a human rights defender promoting the rights of sex workers in Brazil publicly denounced the actions of the police against sex workers during a raid on a building in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, where approximately 300 women were working as prostitutes. On 4 June 2014, the human rights defender again denounced the abovementioned actions of the police at a public hearing. On 21 June 2014, she was abducted by four men in a car, cut on her neck and arm with a knife, and threatened with the aim of getting her to stop reporting on the raid. Two days later, she received a death threat from a police officer. On 30 July 2014, her mother’s home was raided by unknown individuals. Concern is expressed at the threats and attacks against the human rights defender and her family. A/HRC/28/85 72 Date Type