Date Type 28/08/2015 JUA 31/08/2015 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 8/2015 Pakistan Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Allegations of enforced disappearance of a social worker and investigative journalist in retaliation for her work on enforced disappearances in Pakistan. According to the information received, the social worker had in particular been working on the reported disappearance of Mr. Hamid Nehal Ahmed Ansari and been supporting Mr. Ansari’s family since his disappearance. She was due to give evidence on Mr. Ansari’s case on 24 August 2015, at the Joint Intelligence Team hearing. On 19 August 2015, the social worker was allegedly abducted from a bus stop near her usual place of residence in Lahore and taken away in a car to an unknown location. It is believed that the abduction of the social worker was intended to prevent her from attending the hearing. AZE 4/2015 Azerbaijan Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 30/10/2015 Allegations concerning the murder of an Azerbaijani journalist after allegedly criticizing a football player on social media. According to the information received, on 3 August 2015, Mr. Rasim Aliyev published a Facebook post criticizing the behaviour of an Azerbaijani football player who reportedly waved a Turkish flag at a match in Cyprus and appeared to make an obscene gesture at a Greek journalist. On 8 August 2015, relatives of the aforementioned football player reportedly asked to meet Mr. Aliyev to resolve their dispute. However, upon arriving at the meeting location, Mr. Aliyev was severely beaten by six unknown assailants and died in hospital the following day. Mr. Aliyev had been the target of numerous threats related to his work as a journalist dating back several years. He had allegedly reported these threats to the authorities but was never provided with protection. Mr. Aliyev was the subject of a previous communication sent on 24 June 2008, see A/HRC/11/4/Add.1, paras. 118 - 123. A/HRC/31/79 91