Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted BRA 7/2014 25/08/2014 Brazil JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged violent dispersal of peaceful demonstrations, excessive use of violence against, and arbitrary arrests of protestors, including human rights defenders, in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. According to the information received, on 1 July 2014, the police violently cracked down on a peaceful public assembly in São Paulo and arbitrarily arrested two human rights lawyers known for their work in monitoring protests. Furthermore, on 10 July 2014, 30 peaceful protestors and human rights defenders reportedly received arrest warrants to prevent them from taking part in protests planned for the following week. Nineteen of them were reportedly arrested on 12 July 2014 and charged with conspiracy and belonging to a criminal association. Moreover, on 13 July 2014, the police reportedly used excessive force to disperse a peaceful demonstration in the region of Saens Pena Square, Rio de Janeiro. Allegedly, ten individuals were arrested and one journalist was beaten by the police. The reported excessive use of force during peaceful demonstrations was the subject of an earlier communication sent on 27 June 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. BRA 3/2013. The reported limitations to the right to peacefully assemble were the subject of an earlier communication sent on 4 April 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. BRA 3/2014. IND 5/2014 27/08/2014 India JAL Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Alleged ban to enter India issued against the Secretary-General of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) as a result of her work on enforced disappearances in Kashmir. According to the information received, on 17 August 2014, Ms. Mary Aileen Diez Bacalso, Secretary-General of AFAD, was refused entry into India upon arrival at Mumbai airport, and sent back to Manila the same day. Prior to this incident, Ms. Diez Bacalso had visited India in 2003, 2006 and 2009, during which visits she travelled to Kashmir to meet with families of disappeared persons and held meetings with a member organization of AFAD, which works on the subject of unmarked and mass graves in Kashmir. Ms. Diez Bacalso has also published reports on cases of enforced disappearances in Kashmir and campaigned for India’s ratification of the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Reply A/HRC/28/85 69