Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PAK 5/2013 04/09/2013 Pakistan JUA Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; Violence against women; Alleged serious acts of violence and ill-treatment of women and threats to journalists 04/09/2013 and human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 13 August 2013, Ms X, a resident of the Punjab region, was allegedly abducted by a group of around six persons. Ms X was beaten up, dragged by her hair and forced to parade through a busy local market. She was then taken to the group’s gang leader where she was tied to a tree inside a compound and subjected to serious acts of violence. It is reported that, after the rescue of Ms X, the police did not proceed with arresting any suspects, although her attackers were allegedly seen in the compound attempting to kill her. On 14 August 2013, journalists and human rights defenders, when inquiring about the case at the police station, were allegedly threatened by a police officer. A day later, a case was reportedly filed for interfering with police affairs, although the identities of the persons charged were not disclosed. In addition, at the time of transmission of this communication, no First Instance Report (FIR) had been filed on this case. BGD 10/2013 06/09/2013 Bangladesh JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 10/09/2013 Allegations of charges against the Secretary and Director of a human rights nongovernmental organization. According to the information received, on 4 September 2013, the police stated during a press conference that it had filed a charge sheet against Messrs Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan, Secretary and Director of a human rights non-governmental organization, allegedly for violating Section 57 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2006) entitled “Punishment for publishing fake, obscene or defaming information in electronic form”. These charges were reportedly related to the publication by the organization of an investigative report on individuals who were allegedly killed by security forces on 5 May 2013 during a demonstration organized by Hefazat-e-islam. At the time of transmission of this communication, Messrs Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan were facing up to ten years’ imprisonment and a fine. A/HRC/25/74 84 Date Type