Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 25/02/11 BLR 2/2011 JUA Belarus Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders Alleged harassment, arrests and interrogation of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 19 January 2011 Mr. Andrei Paluda, member of Viasna, was interrogated by the State Security Agency (KGB) Sklou district department. On 27 January, Mr. Valiantsin Stefanovich, co-chair of Viasna, was reportedly summoned for questioning at the local KGB office in Mazyr. On 28 January, Ms. Natalia Radina, editor of charter97.org, was released from detention. Reportedly, her passport was confiscated and she was forced to relocate to Kobrin. On 14 February, Mr. Ales Bialiatski, president of Viasna, was allegedly summoned to present himself at the office of the Public Prosecutor, where he was given a written warning. On 17 January, three officers of the KGB reportedly searched the headquarters of Viasna. During the search, Mr. Bialiatski was reportedly arrested. The above persons were the subject of an earlier communication (see above, case no. BLR 1/2010). Information about new cases: On 19 January, the home of Ms. Raisa Mikhailouskaya, leader of the Centre for Human Rights, Minsk, was allegedly raided by KGB officers. Allegedly, on 21 January, the home of Mr. Uladzimir Tseliapun, human rights defender, was raided by the KGB officers. On 14 February, Mr. Tseliapun reportedly received a summons to present himself at the local KGB office. On 26 January, local KGB officers in Homiel reportedly searched the home of human rights defender Mr. Leanid Sudalenka. On 29 January, Mr. Aleh Vouchak, legal assistant at the Centre for Human Rights, Minsk, was reportedly interrogated by Frunzienski police officers. On 29 January, Ms. Iryna Khalip, a human rights journalist, was reportedly released from pre-trial detention and placed under house arrest. Her husband Mr. Andrey Sannikov remained in detention. On 15 February, Ms. Nasta Loika, lawyer with Viasna, received various phone calls from an investigator of military counter intelligence, who reportedly invited her to become an informant. 01/03/11 (reply relating to procedural matters) 25/02/11 UGA 2/2011 UA Uganda Human Rights Defenders Alleged break-in at the office of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). According to the information received, during the night of 24 and 25 February 2011, the premises of SMUG were broken into by unknown individuals. A laptop, a hard-disk drive and diaries which contained confidential information, were stolen. A/HRC/18/51 59