Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BIH 1/2014 07/02/2014 Bosnia and JAL Herzegovina Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Violence against women; 17/04/2014 Alleged violent disruption of the Queer Festival Merlinka in Sarajevo. According to the information received, on 1 February 2014, a group of unidentified individuals reportedly stormed the Art Cinema Kriterion in Sarajevo where the aforementioned festival was taking place. They shouted hateful remarks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons (LGBT). They then physically assaulted three attendees who sustained minor physical injuries, and psychologically traumatised over 25 other attendees who were subsequently moved to safe locations in the city. A couple of hours prior to the attack, the organizers had reported to the police a series of threats against the festival made on Facebook. However, the police failed to provide protection to the organizers and participants, despite reassurances that police officers would be deployed during different events of the festival. Serious concerns are expressed about the violent disruption of the Queer Festival Merlinka and the ongoing harassment of LGBT persons in the country. ZWE 1/2014 07/02/2014 Zimbabwe JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged acts of harassment against leaders of two associations promoting and defending human rights. According to the information received, on 22 November 2013, the Harare Rottenrow Magistrate Court acquitted Mr. Abel Chikomo from the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHR NGO Forum) of charges made on 25 July 2012 of running an unregistered organization under the Private Voluntary Organization Act (PVO). Moreover, on 4 December 2013, the Harare Rottenrow Magistrate Court allegedly summoned on similar charges Ms. Martha Tholanah, chairperson of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe Association (GALZ). The mentioned summon reportedly came after a number of acts of harassments against GALZ. GALZ was the subject of two previous communications sent on 17 June 2010, see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para. 2517-2525, and 17 June 2012, see A/HRC/22/67/Corr.2, case no. ZWE 6/2012. Both GALZ and ZHR NGO Forum were the subject of one earlier communication sent on 17 October 2012, see A/HRC/22/67/Corr.2, case no. ZWE 8/2012. A/HRC/26/21 55