Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IND 3/2014 11/04/2014 India JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Allegations of prosecution of two human rights defenders. According to the information received, on 4 January 2014, Gujarat Crime Branch officials reportedly filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Ms. Teesta Setalvad, Secretary of the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), and Mr. Javed Anand, a civil rights activist and editor of the magazine Communalism Combat, claiming that they had embezzled funds of INR 15,000,000 (approximately USD 251,000) which had been assigned to the construction of a memorial for the 2002 Gulbarg Society Massacre. Grave concern is expressed that the criminal charges brought against Ms. Setalvad and Mr. Anand are due to their peaceful work promoting the human rights of the victims of the Gulbarg Society Massacre. Ms. Setalvad was the subject of a previous communication sent on 28 March 2011, see A/HRC/18/51/Corr.1, case no. IND 5/2011. IDN 1/2014 11/04/2014 Indonesia JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged undue restrictions on the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and association of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPB) based in Indonesia. According to the information received, IPB members based in Indonesia intend to hold a peaceful rally on 30 May 2014 to honour the memory of the millions of Biafrans killed during the Biafra-Nigeria war. However, they were not able to obtain permission from the authorities to hold the rally because IPB members are foreign nationals. The authorities informed them that permission could be granted if IPB was registered as an organization under domestic legislation. However, IPB members’ previous attempts to register the organization were unsuccessful. MMR 2/2014 11/04/2014 Myanmar JAL Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Myanmar; 25/07/2014 Alleged undue restrictions of the right to freedom of association as contained in the last version of the draft Law relating to Registration of Organizations. According to the information received, the draft law, which is due to be discussed at the Union Parliament, contains a series of provisions which fail to comply with international human rights norms and standards governing freedom of association. These provisions include restrictive definitions of local and international non-governmental organizations; an overly bureaucratic and politicized registration procedure; unclear criteria for examination of registration applications; an unnecessary requirement to renew registration certificates every five years; and undue barriers to the activities of unregistered organizations. A/HRC/27/72 38 Date Type