Date Type Case No Country 21/01/2013 JAL 22/01/2013 JAL Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply RUS 1/2013 Russian Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of repeated undue restrictions related to the right to freedom of 18/03/2013 peaceful assembly and of association affecting mostly human rights defenders and activists. According to the information received, on 13 November 2012, a demonstration of about 15 participants took place in Saint Petersburg. Reportedly, when the assembly ended, its organizer Mr. Andrey Yakimov, was arrested by the police and charged for organizing an assembly ―exceeding the number of participants initially planned for the rally‖, although he had reportedly indicated in his request that he expected the participation of about 20 participants. At the end of the assembly, Mr. Vitaliy Leonov, one of the participants, was also arrested and accused of ‗disobedience‘ after he had tried to prevent police from destroying some pictures and flowers put down by demonstrators. It is reported that Mr. Yakimov was acquitted on 21 January 2013. On 19 December 2012 police officers reportedly carried out searches in the Human Rights House of Voronezh. They reportedly briefly handed to some employees of one organization targeted a warrant to enter all NGOs‘ offices, but refused thereafter to present it again to representatives of other organizations subject to the search. On the same day, the apartment of Ms. Natalia Zvyagina, a human rights activist, was also searched. On 2 January 2013, Mr. Alexey Kozlov, a human rights and environmental activist from Voronezh, received two threatening anonymous phone calls. On 12 January 2013, Mr. Vitaly Ponomarev, head of the Central Asia programme of Human Rights Centre (HRC) Memorial, received several anonymous death threats through electronic mail. IRN 29/2012 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Adequate housing; Internally displaced persons; Minority issues; Alleged lack of adequate housing for a large number of victims of an earthquake that shook north-western Iran on 11 August 2012. According to the information received, a large number of people still lived under tents over four months after an earthquake shook north-western Iran, East Azerbaijan province, on 11 August 2012. At least 399 villages were affected by the earthquake. Over 100,000 persons - mostly ethnic Azerbaijani Turks - were reportedly offered shelter in the weeks following the earthquake. As winter settled, many of those affected were reportedly still living under tents, unprotected from the cold. The extent of Government support to those affected, in particular housing reconstruction, is unclear and has been reported to be slow. 49 A/HRC/23/51 Mandate(s)