12/02/2013 JAL 13/02/2013 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted MYS 2/2013 Malaysia Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of on-going investigations against members of the nongovernmental organization Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. According to the information received, on 30 November 2012, the police informed SUARAM that an investigation under Section 9 of the Peaceful Assembly Act was launched in relation to an unauthorized peaceful assembly organized by the organization at the Companies Commission of Malaysia on 18 September 2012. On 5 December 2012, Wong Kar Fai, Sarah Devaraj, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, Cynthia Gabriel, and K. Arumugam, all staff or secretariat members of SUARAM, were issued notices under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code in which they were ordered to appear before the Brickfield police station on 7 December to record statements. On 7 January 2013, the five individuals, after they obtained the postponement of the recording, went to the police station, but they reportedly remained silent as permitted under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code. IRQ 1/2013 Iraq Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Sale of children; Trafficking; Violence against women; Alleged abduction of a minor girl by a man, for the purpose of marriage and converting her to Islam. According to the information received, on 9 January 2013, Ms X, an 11-year old girl from the Yazidi community of northern Iraq was forcefully abducted by Mr. Y of the Goran tribe, from Kalakchi village. Mr. Y is a 20-year old vegetable vendor who has been selling his produce at the market of Sheikha. Ms X was forced into a car and taken away by Mr. Y. The alleged intention of Mr. Y was to marry the girl, and it is feared that she may have been raped. It is reported that the two individuals have since married. The father of the abducted girl reported the incident to police authorities, including to the Alqush Police Station which forwarded the file to the Telkaif Court. Furthermore, the father opened a case with the Shekhan Court, which belongs to the Kurdistan Regional Government, but no investigation or prosecution had taken place at the time of sending the communication. Reply A/HRC/23/51 62 Date Type