Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply GMB 1/2013 16/07/2013 Gambia JAL Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged lack of compliance of the amended Information and Communication Act with international human rights law. According to the information received, the amended Information and Communication Act of 2013 in Gambia imposes severe and disproportionate penalties on persons found guilty of writing or spreading false information online including cartoons or satirical comedies. The new Act allows for imposing sentences of up to 15-years’ imprisonment and fines of approximately 82,000 USD. Concerns are expressed that this legislative development is part of a broader campaign by the Government aiming to silence dissenting voices. MMR 11/2013 16/07/2013 Myanmar JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; 15/08/2013 Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of a human rights defender in Myanmar for a 2011 poster campaign calling for the release of political prisoners. According to the information received, on 10 July 2013, the Chief of Pyay Township Police Station, Bago Regino, arrested Mr Wai Phyoi, Secretary of the NGO Generation Wave. Two other members of Generation Wave had previously been arrested in July 2011 in relation to the poster campaign and sentenced to three months imprisonment in February 2012. The warrant for the arrest of Mr Wai Phyoi had been outstanding since then. A/HRC/25/74 42 Date Type