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
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