Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 4/2013 12/07/2013 Pakistan JUA Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; Violence against women; 18/07/2013 Alleged killing of a woman human rights defender and her sister, and attacks and death threats against her family members. According to the information received, on 4 June 2013, Ms X was brutally attacked in her private residence in Hyderabad. She reportedly died shortly after the attack from the injuries received. The killing is reportedly connected to her work as a woman human rights defender in Sindh province. Moreover, on 29 June 2013, three armed men shot her sister, Ms Y, as she returned from a court hearing for a petition to demand an inquiry into the murder of her sister. Other family members have been attacked and received death threats in response to making similar demands. RUS 4/2013 12/07/2013 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged attack against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights 24/10/2013 activists and break-up of St. Petersburg Pride parade. According to the information received, both the attack and subsequent break-up of the parade were based on the newly enacted legislation regarding federal law No. 44554-6 introducing amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences regarding the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations”, which entered into force on 30 June 2013. It is reported that there is a trend of enacting and using legislation to unduly restrict the work of human rights defenders, including those working against discrimination and for the rights LGBTI people. DOM 2/2013 15/07/2013 Dominican AL Republic Freedom of expression; 29/08/2013 Presuntos actos de hostigamiento e intimidación en contra el periodista dominicano Fausto Rosario Adames y familiares. El Sr. Rosario cuenta con información confidencial sobre discusiones entre el jefe de la Policía Nacional, el asesor policial del Poder Ejecutivo y otras personas de alto nivel sobre un posible atentado contra él. También se ha informado de hostigamiento a personas en su entorno. Después de reportar su caso al Presidente de la Republica y al Procurador General, el periodista paso a recibir la protección física por parte de dos personas de la inteligencia de las fuerzas armadas, pero persiste un temor por su vida y la de su familia. Hasta la fecha, no se ha iniciado una investigación sobre las amenazas. La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en el 2010 ya había expresado su preocupación por amenazas contra el mismo periodista. A/HRC/25/74 40 Date Type