18/01/2013 JAL 21/01/2013 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BGD 2/2013 Bangladesh Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; 29/01/2013 Alleged attack on, and stabbing of, a prominent blogger in Dhaka. According to the information received, on 14 January 2013, Mr. Asif Mohiuddin was attacked by three unidentified men as he was leaving his office in Uttara district. He was stabbed several times in the neck and back and was in critical condition at the time of sending the communication. Mr. Mohiuddin is a prominent blogger, whose Bengali language blog ―Almighty only in name, but impotent in reality‖ is reportedly one of the most visited websites in Bangladesh. In his blog, Mr. Mohiuddin, who is an atheist, frequently criticized religion, and also provided commentaries on free speech and other human rights issues. IRN 3/2013 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Iran; Alleged continued harassment of a woman human rights defender, including a summons received to start serving her prison sentence received for demanding justice for victims. According to information received, Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, a netizen and founder and spokesperson of the Mourning Mothers (Madaran-e Azardar) movement was ordered to report to Tehran‘s Evin prison on 29 January 2013, to begin serving a six-month prison sentence. She was sentenced by a Tehran revolutionary court in December 2011 to four-and-a half years in prison on charges of ‗antigovernment propaganda‘ and ‗activities threatening national security‘. The sentence was reduced on appeal to six months regarding the antigovernment propaganda charge and Ms. Behkish received a suspended sentence of three-and-a-half years for activities threatening national security. On 12 June 2011, Ms. Behkish was arrested by security agents in a street of Tehran and subsequently transferred to section 209 of Evin Prison, where she had been detained for a month. Previously, Ms Behkish had been arrested along with 33 other members of Mourning Mothers on 9 January 2010 while demonstrating in Laleh Park. A/HRC/23/51 48 Date Type