Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BGD 7/2011 21/12/2011 Bangladesh JAL Adequate housing; Extreme poverty; Food; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Indigenous peoples; Water and Sanitation; Alleged negative impacts on human rights of affected communities of proposed domestic policy permitting the construction of an open-pit coal mine in the township of Phulbari. According to the information received, the open-pit mine in Phulbari, if constructed, would have a significant impact on food production and access, by destroying close to 12,000 acres of productive agricultural land, and on water access by lowering the water table 12 to 25 meters and potentially poisoning water sources. The mine would allegedly lead to the displacement of up to 220,000 people over time, 50,000 of whom are indigenous people belonging to 23 different tribal groups. Current plans reportedly do not provide for adequate compensation or resettlement and have not included consultations with affected communities. Finally, allegations have been raised regarding continued efforts to stop human rights defenders from protesting the Phulbari coal mine. 22/12/2011 FJI 3/2011 21/12/2011 Fiji JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of police summoning, arrest and detention of, and charges against, trade unionists; and refusal of entry in Fiji for an international trade union delegation. According to the information received, on 29 October and 4 November 2011 respectively, Mr. Daniel Urai, President of the Fiji Trade Unions Congress, and Mr. Felix Anthony, General Secretary of the Trade Union‟s Congress and the General Secretary of the Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union, were arrested at the airport. On 9 November, Mr. Urai was granted bail with inter alia travel restrictions. On 11 November, Mr. Urai was charged with unlawful assembly following his earlier arrest on 4 August 2011, after holding a meeting without a permit. On 11 November, Mr. Anthony was released without charges, and has since been put under travel restrictions without any reasons being provided. On 17 November, Mr. Anthony and Mr. Ruru, Deputy General Secretary of the Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union, were summoned to the Lautoka Police Station for a caution statement to be taken over their visit the day before to a company which plans to lay 115 workers off. On 13 December, an Australian and New Zealander trade union delegation was refused entry in Fiji. A/HRC/20/30 24 Date Type