Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply RUS 2/2013 09/04/2013 Russian JAL Federation Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged increasing restrictions and obstacles being imposed on the space for civil society 10/07/2013 organizations and activists, especially for those active in the field of human rights, to operate. According to the information received, since early March 2013, several organisations, including prominent human rights organisations, have been subject to inspections. These inspections may be part of a broader campaign aimed at intimidating and silencing civil society organisations, in particular human rights NGOs, operating in Russia. VNM 4/2013 12/04/2013 Viet Nam JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; 02/07/2013 Alleged harassment and threats against a Buddhist activist, writer and human rights defender. According to the information received, in June and July 2012, Mr Le Cong Cau was prohibited from joining demonstrations during the massive crackdown on antiChina protesters around the country. Following an intensive 7-hour interrogation with regard to the articles he wrote online about the Communist Party’s policies on Buddhism and China, he was reportedly not allowed to leave his house which was surrounded by police. In March 2013, he was again summoned for another interrogation, which lasted for two and a half days. Security Police accused him of slandering the regime and spreading propaganda and, before releasing him, forced him to write a statement admitting that he had written articles criticizing the Communist Party. SDN 4/2013 16/04/2013 Sudan JUA Arbitrary detention; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged torture, incommunicado detention and subsequent risk of further torture and ill- 22/08/2013 treatment. According to the information received, on 23 March 2013, Mr Hatim Ali Mohammed, a 25 year old Sudanese engineer, attended a demonstration in the suburbs of Khartoum. It is reported that plain clothes members of the National Security Service (NSS) arrested Mr Mohammed during the protest. It is alleged that he was detained for several hours, tortured by beating, and subsequently released. He was allegedly ordered to report to the NSS the next day. On 24 March 2013, Mr Mohammed presented himself at the headquarters of the NSS in Khartoum North, as requested by NSS officers. Since then his fate and exact whereabouts as well as the criminal charges against him are not known. It is also reported that on 10 April 2013, the NSS arrested Mr Sharf Eldein Tia, the nephew of a Nuba woman activist. Since then, the fate and whereabouts as well as the criminal charges against Mr Sharf Eldein Tia are not known. A/HRC/25/74 159