Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply KOR 2/2013 03/07/2013 Republic of JAL Korea Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; 15/11/2013 Alleged defamation lawsuit filed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) against three human rights lawyers for action taken in their professional capacity. According to the information received, the lawyers Messrs Kyung-uk Jang, Yong-min Kim and Seung-bong Yang gave a press conference on 27 April 2013, stating that the criminal charges against their client, who had been accused of espionage by the NIS, were based solely on evidence procured under duress. In response, three employees of the NIS reportedly filed a civil lawsuit against the three lawyers claiming 200,000,000 KRW (about USD 175,000) from each in damages for defamation against the agency. It is reported that the NIS or its agents have previously filed similar lawsuits against those who voiced criticism of the agency. Messrs. Jang, Kim and Yang are all members of the organization MINBYUN - Lawyers for a Democratic Society. IND 8/2013 04/07/2013 India JAL Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Violence against women; Allegations of arbitrary detention and forcible dispersal of women human rights defenders in the context of a peaceful protest in West Bengal. According to the information received, on 13 June 2013, at approximately 7.30 a.m., a group of human rights defenders from the women’s human rights network “Maitree” reportedly held a peaceful demonstration in the proximity of the residence of the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Defenders were protesting against the inadequate response by the Chief Minister to cases of gang-rape and killing of a 20 year old student as she returned home from Kamduni college on 7 June 2013, and of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in the Nadia district shortly after, on 10 June 2013. A/HRC/25/74 33