Date Type Case No Country OTH 15/2016 25/02/2016 Other JAL Mandate(s) Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Alleged arbitrary withdrawal of journalistic accreditation of a journalist covering United 25/05/2016 Nations affairs in New York. According to the information received, on 19 February 2016, Mr. Matthew Lee received a letter in which the United Nations Under SecretaryGeneral for Communications and Public Information informed him of the Department of Public Information’s (DPI) decision to withdraw his Resident Correspondent accreditation at the United Nations Office in New York in favour of non-Resident Correspondent. Later that day, Mr. Lee was escorted from the United Nations premises after his current credential was annulled. The annulment of Mr. Lee’s accreditation was, according to the letter received, based on an incident that occurred on 29 January 2016, during the United Nations Correspondents Association Annual General Meeting, which DPI allegedly determined was in violation of the United Nations Media Guidelines. On that date, Mr. Lee’s allegedly tried to cover a meeting in the United Nations Press Briefing Room, which he left after being informed by United Nations security of its restricted nature. Allegedly, no information was requested from Mr. Lee nor was any other written communication sent to him on this incident, until the receipt of the letter on 19 February. A/HRC/33/32 113