Case No Country RUS 2/2016 25/02/2016 Russian JAL Federation Mandate(s) Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary of the allegation transmitted Alleged liquidation of a human rights non-governmental organization. According to the information received, on 10 February 2016, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan approved the Ministry of Justice’s request for the liquidation of Agora, a prominent non-governmental organization, following a series of investigations in 2015 in relation to the work of the organization. The Ministry accused Agora of, inter alia, conducting political actions with a view to “influencing public opinion”, of publishing critical documents without indicating that their author had been labelled a “foreign agent” organization, and of undertaking efforts to be excluded from the registry of “foreign agents”. The adoption and application of the Law on Introducing Amendments to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Part Regulating Activities of Noncommercial Organizations which Carry Functions of Foreign Agents was the subject of six previous communications sent on 11 July 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case no. RUS 5/2012; 13 June 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. RUS 3/2013; 18 December 2013, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. RUS 13/2013; 20 June 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. RUS 5/2014; 14 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. RUS 9/2014; and 7 August 2015, see A/HRC/31/79, case no. RUS 4/2015. Reply 23/05/2016 A/HRC/33/32 114 Date Type