Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply RUS 8/2011 29/07/2011 Russian JUA Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 15/09/2011 Alleged threats and acts of intimidation against human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 6 June 2011, Ms. Olga Sadovskaya, Deputy Director of the Russian Interregional Committee Against Torture, was notified that all her credit cards were blocked apparently due to suspicious withdrawals. On 7 June, one of the registration plates of her car was allegedly unscrewed. The next day she was reportedly called to the Public Prosecutor‟s office where she was questioned about the European Union-Russia Civil Society Forum of which she was a member of the Steering Committee. When she returned to her car following the questioning, she reportedly noticed that the second registration plate had been removed. She brought the incident to the attention of a representative of the Road Police who allegedly ignored her complaint. The same representative stopped Ms. Sadovskaya 30 minutes later as she was driving, on the grounds that her car had no registration plates. Allegedly, she was then escorted to the police station where her driver‟s licence was confiscated. On 24 June 2011, Mr. Supian Baskhanov, head of the Committee Against Torture Grozny office and Mr. Magomed Alamov, inspector at Committee Against Torture‟s public investigations department, reportedly took part in a peaceful demonstration in Grozny in celebration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. A poster which read “We are against arbitrariness of the police!” allegedly caused one of the police officials present to argue with the demonstrators, and the demonstration was soon halted by the police. Mr. Baskhanov and Mr. Alamov were allegedly summoned to Grozny police department, where they were told that criticism of the Chechen police was not permitted. VNM 3/2011 29/07/2011 Viet Nam JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged sentencing of human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 30 May 06/09/2011 2011, Pastor Duong Kim Khai, Ms. Tran Thi Thuy, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tam, Mr. Pham Van Thong, Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ms Pham Ngoc Hoa and Mr. Cao Van Tin appeared before the People‟s Court of Ben Tre, Mekong Delta charged with “attempting to overthrow the socialist Government” under Article 79 of the Vietnamese Penal Code, a charge which carries the death penalty. This charge is reportedly linked to their affiliation with the human rights organization Viet Tan. They reportedly received prison sentences varying from 2 to 8 years. Allegedly, Pastor Duong Kim Khai has previously been arrested and detained 13 times while trying to organize prayers sessions. Since their arrests in July and August 2010, the aforementioned human rights defenders had reportedly been held incommunicado and denied access to their families. Furthermore, Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh and Ms. Pham Ngoc Hoa had allegedly been denied access to their lawyers. 49 A/HRC/19/44 Mandate(s)