Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply RUS 3/2013 13/06/2013 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged implementation of a law leading to arbitrary and undue restrictions on the enjoyment of the right to freedom of association. According to the information received, the implementation of the Law on Introducing Amendments to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Part Regulating Activities of Non-commercial Organizations which Carry Functions of Foreign Agents, which was adopted on 21 November 2012, leads to arbitrary and undue restrictions on the enjoyment of the right to freedom of association, particularly of NGOs working on human rights issues, including reported cases of reprisals for cooperating or having cooperated with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights. BGD 7/2013 14/06/2013 Bangladesh JUA Disappearances; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Torture; Alleged enforced disappearance and risk of torture of Mr Nazrul Islam, an opposition 20/06/2013 party member. According to the information received, during the night of 11 April 2013, Mr Nazrul Islam, the Joypurhat District Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, a political party belonging to a multi-party opposition alliance, was allegedly abducted from his home in Saheb Parha, Joypurhat District. It is reported that the alleged perpetrators identified themselves as being “from the administration” and took Mr Islam on a minibus to an unknown location. At the time of transmission of this communication, the fate and whereabouts of Mr Islam remained unknown. A/HRC/25/74 23

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