Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SYR 14/2011 23/09/2011 Syrian Arab JUA Republic Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged persecution and harassment of lawyer. According to the information received, Mr. Radeef Mustafa, lawyer and head of the Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria, was interrogated by the Aleppo branch of the Syrian Bar Association‟s Council on 19 December 2010. Mr. Mustafa was reportedly accused of violating several principles and articles of the Syrian Bar Association Charter, including by provoking the Syrian authorities in his articles, addressing topics with a view to undermining the national unity, and presiding over an organization that had been established without an official license. The charges against him were reportedly dropped, and he was issued a warning by the Bar Association. Since the beginning of the demonstrations and protests in the Syrian Arab Republic in mid-March 2011, Mr. Mustafa has regularly defended demonstrators who were arrested and tried for their peaceful calls for change in the country. On 2 and 3 September 2011, agents of the Syrian security forces allegedly raided Mr. Mustafa‟s home in order to arrest him. Mr. Mustafa managed to escape and went into hiding with his family to avoid arrest and other forms of persecution. KHM 5/2011 26/09/2011 Cambodia JAL Adequate housing; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 23/01/2012 Alleged suspension, warnings and acts of intimidation against NGOs. According to the 09/01/2012 information received, the NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnuat (STT) had been working on two high profile development projects, namely Boeung Kak Lake and the Rehabilitation of the Railway Project, which would allegedly result in the eviction and displacement of thousands of families. On 4 August 2011, STT was reportedly suspended for five months. Allegedly, no legal basis was given. On 18 August 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reportedly accused the NGOs Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) and the NGO Forum on Cambodia (NGOF) of inciting the public against the Government and strongly warned them about a possible termination of their memorandums of understanding. Furthermore, human rights training sessions provided by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) to communities affected by the deforestation of Prey Lang forest have allegedly been disrupted. The suspension of STT and the warning and acts of intimidation against BABC, the NGO Forum, the CCHR and the NRPG reportedly occured at a time when the third draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations is with the Council of Ministers for consideration. The draft NGO Law was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/18/51, KHM 3/2011). A/HRC/19/44 83