Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BGD 1/2014 07/03/2014 Bangladesh AL Freedom of expression; Allegations on disproportional measures taken against media enterprises and the arrest 11/03/2014 of journalists in Bangladesh. According to the information received, the Daily Inqilab newspaper was raided on 16 January 2014 by the police, leading to a halt of its printing activities and the arrest of three of its journalists, Messrs’ Ahmed Atiq, Rabiulla Robi and Rafiq Mohammad. On 20 February 2014, their request for bail was accepted. Earlier, on 9 January, Mr. Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the Bangladeshi newspaper Weekly Blitz, was sentenced to seven years in detention after being convicted of harming the country’s interests. Similar worrying cases were also reported last year. In April 2013, the newspaper Amar Desh printing press was raided and sealed by police and Mr. Mahmudur Rahman, its editor, arrested. In May 2013, the Diganta and Islamic TV channels had their broadcasting signals suspended on charges of inciting religious extremism and causing social unrest. PAK 3/2014 07/03/2014 Pakistan JAL Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Alleged undue restrictions of the right to freedom of association contained in the Foreign Contributions Bill (2013). According to the information received, the Bill, which regulates the utilization of foreign contributions by national and international non-governmental organizations, imposes undue restrictions on such recipients.. Such provisions concern, inter alia, the registration, suspension or cancellation of certificates; auditing/monitoring of these organizations, as well as restrictions on the utilization of foreign contributions they receive; and limitation on activities they intend to pursue. A/HRC/27/72 11