Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 5/2012 29/03/2012 Pakistan JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; 29/03/2012 Alleged acts of intimidation and threats against human rights defender by security forces. According to the information received, on 9 February 2012, about 25 members of the Pakistani Rangers cordoned off the area around Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah‟s home in the town of Bin Qasim. Mr. Ali Shah is the Chair of the Pakistani Fisher folk Forum (PFF) and the General Secretary of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP). Reportedly, earlier that day a Rangers‟ Lieutenant Colonel had telephoned Mr. Ali Shah and threatened him with kidnapping and death. These events are reported to have transpired in the wake of a peaceful protest held that morning by the workers of a garments factory in Karachi, in which Mr. Ali Shah is alleged to have participated. Reportedly, these events took place in a context of attacks, arbitrary arrests and threats against leaders of the Pakistan Fisher folk Forum during the past year, in an apparent response to their efforts to resist forcible land acquisition and the clearing of mangroves in coastal villages in and around Karachi. UGA 2/2012 29/03/2012 Uganda JAL Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alleged re-tabling of a Bill, which would violate fundamental principles and norms of international human rights law if enacted. According to the information received, Bill N° 18 (also known as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill) was re-tabled by the Parliament of Uganda on 7 February 2012. Reportedly, there are several grave human rights concerns regarding the contents of the Bill. These include the imposition of the death penalty for „aggravated homosexuality‟, including for „serial offenders‟ and those who are living with HIV; the criminalization of the „promotion of homosexuality‟, including anyone who uses electronic devices, including the Internet, films, mobile phones for „purposes of homosexuality or promoting homosexuality‟; and the criminalization of the failure to report to the authorities those people who citizens suspect of being homosexual. The proposed legislation may arbitrarily discriminate against LGBTI people and associations advocating for human rights without discrimination. A/HRC/21/49 21