Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PNG 2/2014 27/03/2014 Papua New JAL Guinea Health; Mercenaries; Migrants; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations concerning the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, the detention of children, the detention conditions and the violent response to protests against these conditions. According to the information received, at the end of January 2014, asylum seekers at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre staged protests about their conditions. On17 and 18 February 2014, protests violently escalated in the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. The G4S security guards (the private company providing security at the detention facility) allegedly responded with excessive use of force when protests escalated. It is alleged that the Papua New Guinea police responded with gun fire. This left one man dead and at least 53 asylum seekers injured. The Manus Island Regional Processing Centre is a closed detention centre which was set up pursuant to the adoption of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement in 2013 between Australia and Papua New Guinea. LKA 5/2014 27/03/2014 Sri Lanka JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 10/07/2014 Alleged threats made against a human rights defender during the Human Rights 24/07/2014 Council session. According to the information received, on 21 March 2014, Mr. Visuvalingam Kirupaharan, the General Secretary of Tamil Human Rights Centre, attended a side-event about human rights in Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council where he actively participated in a debate. After the side-event, Mr. Kirupaharan was told by a journalist that if he returned to Sri Lanka, he would “be imprisoned or face consequences”. The journalist further threatened Mr. Kirupaharan that pictures of him would be published in newspapers in Sri Lanka. Concerns are expressed at the use of the media in Sri Lanka in defaming individuals who legitimately interact with the United Nations and its human rights mechanisms. Serious concern is expressed at these new acts of intimidation against Mr. Kirupaharan, which seem to form part of a campaign against him. Mr. Kirupaharan was the subject of an earlier communication sent on 11 August 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. LKA 3/2011. A/HRC/27/72 24 Date Type