Date Type 01/02/2013 JUA 01/02/2013 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply AZE 2/2013 Azerbaijan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of arrest of 63 participants in a peaceful protest held in Baku, of 23/04/2013 whom 26 were sentenced to administrative detention or heavy fines. According to the information received, on 26 January 2013, 63 human rights activists were arrested following their participation in a peaceful protest in Baku; Intiqam Aliyev, Yegana Hajiyeva, Nargiz Yaqublu, Elchin Jarullazade, Elnur Asgerov, Matin Naghiyev, Turgut Gambar, Shamil Beydulla, Aygun Panjaliyeva, Ziya Bayramov, Nurlan Jafarov, Azer Haqverdiyev, Abdulla Mahmudov, Mursal Aliyev, Rustam Salahli, Vusal Hajiyev, Allahverdi Khanaliyev, Nijat Shukurov, Elvin Zeynalov, Malahat Nasibova, Shahvalad Chobanoglu, Khadija Ismayil, Turkhan Karimov, Gozal Bayramli, Nazli Panjaliyeva, Emin Milli, Emil Bagirov, Javid Afandi, Atabey Agalarbayli, Ikin Rustamzad?, Hikmat Abdullayev, Abulfaz Gurbanli, Mardana Huseynova, Kamala Bananyarli, Tamella Ahmadova, Vusal Bayramov, Nadir Alma, Nijat Kamal, Turkel Rustamkhanli, Aynur Imranova, Zaur Gurbanli, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, Elchin Ibadov, Sahib Karimli, Nihad Huseyn, Elshan Hasanov, Elnur Jarchiyev, Orkhan Jarchi, Tofiq Dadashov, Safa Atakishiyev, Aygul Panjaliyeva, Jamil Hajiyev, Khatai Gafarli, Mahammad Abulhasanov, Kamaladdin Rahimov, Huseyn Fakhraddinov, Gulnaz Mammadli, Shahla Hajiyeva, Elshan Shahbazov, Zaur Akbar, Rufat Ahmazdzade, Elvin Elkhan, and Ilgar Nasibov. They were brought before courts on the same day, and 26 of them were sentenced to administrative detention or heavy fines. These arrests occurred a few days after a delegation of Azerbaijani human rights defenders returned from an advocacy trip at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. PAK 1/2013 Pakistan Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Violence against women; Alleged killing of seven human rights defenders working for the nongovernmental organisation Support with Working Solutions (SWWS). According to the information received, on 1 January 2013, human rights defenders, Ms. Shohrat Bibi, Ms. Rahila Gul, Ms. Zahida Bibi, Ms. Asmat Bibi, Ms. Gul Naz, Ms. Lubna Mahmoud and Mr. Amjid Ali were ambushed by four unidentified armed men while travelling home by car from Swabi. The seven were shot dead while the driver was injured. SWWS, the non-governmental organisation for which the human rights defenders worked, reportedly provides maternal healthcare, education and microfinance. 04/02/2013 A/HRC/23/51 53