Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MMR 4/2014 19/06/2014 Myanmar JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Minority issues; Myanmar; Concerns expressed in relation to the draft bill on Religious Conversion in Myanmar. 25/07/2014 According to the information received, the draft bill sets out a cumbersome application and approval process for conversion. Some provisions and requirements set forth are vague and subject to interpretation that may be discriminatory against the poor or religious and ethnic minorities. It could lead to arbitrary denial of the right to change or adopt a religion or belief. The draft law furthermore provides for disproportionate criminal sanctions on offenders. Reportedly, a number of civil society and human rights activists who oppose the proposed package of draft bills, including a proposed interfaith marriage bill and a religious conversion bill, have been threatened. PNG 3/2014 19/06/2014 Papua New JUA Guinea Summary executions; Torture; Alleged threats and attacks on a family by the police following accusations of sorcery. According to the information received, the former Police Station Commander of the Kundiawa Police Station, who is performing at present the function of Provincial Police Commander, accused Mr. X and his family of performing sorcery that led to the death of his son. As a consequence, Mr. X and his family have been the subjects of a series of continuing attacks and threats by the said Police Commander and his police colleagues. Reportedly, no action has been taken by the authorities to register properly the complaints of Mr. X against the Commander and his police colleagues and, although a civil law suit is pending before the National Court of Justice at Kundiawa, no action has been taken to initiate a criminal investigation into these attacks. HND 6/2014 20/06/2014 Honduras JUA Disappearances; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Presuntos actos de intimidación, represalias y agresiones contra integrantes del Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH). Según la información recibida, COFADEH habría sido objeto de varios tipos de vigilancia desde el mes de febrero de 2014, por vehículos estacionados frente a sus oficinas. Dicha vigilancia se habría incrementado entre abril y mayo, tras la presentación por parte de la organización de informes sobre la situación de derechos humanos en Honduras a parlamentarios españoles y en eventos en Canadá y Europa, incluida la cooperación con un mecanismo de derechos humanos de la Unión Europea. Además, el 5 de junio de 2014, una colaboradora de COFADEH habría sido secuestrada temporalmente y maltratada. A/HRC/28/85 16 Date Type

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