Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply HUN 2/2013 16/05/2013 Hungary JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; 17/06/2013 Alleged harassment, intimidation and physical attack against a human rights defender. According to the information received, Mr. Gabor Szollosi has been targeted with a substantial number of lawsuits by a local high-ranking public official on accusations including libel, defamation and abuse of personal data. It is further reported that unknown persons have vandalised his house on two occasions within the last year, throwing large stones through the windows. In February 2013, he was allegedly removed from a local event by the organisers, following which a defamatory article about him was placed on a website with far-right and anti-Roma sympathies. On 14 March 2013, Mr Szollosi was allegedly lured to the centre of his village under false pretexts, where he was subsequently physically attack by an unknown man armed with a knife who broke his jawbone. Police were reportedly investigating the matter. Mr Szollosi is a member of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) and transmits cases to the HCLU legal team with a particular focus on the non-discrimination of Roma people in his local area of Erpatak. LKA 5/2013 26/11/2013 Sri Lanka JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; 02/02/2015 Alleged death threats against a human rights defender broadcast by State media. According to the information received, on 4 November 2013 the Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation broadcast, a radio programme in which serious threats were made against the life of Ms Nimalka Fernando. The threats were made after the airing of a recording that had been broadcast the day before on Hiru TV with the approval of Ms Fernando. It is further reported that the presenters of the radio show endorsed and encouraged the threats being made against her. A/HRC/29/50 75

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