Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 24/2011 Adequate housing; 23/02/2012 United States of Freedom of JUA America expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Alleged judicial and other harassment of activist. According to the information received, in the 1990s Mr. Steve Richardson, a member of the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), a grassroots organization working in downtown and south Los Angeles, with a specific focus on the Skid Row community was convicted of two felonies. Due to the three-strikes law he faces a risk of a sentence of between 25 years and life in prison for any serious felony of which he is convicted. On two occasions, in March 2008 and 21 May 2010, LAPD officers reportedly used significant force against Mr. Richardson and he was charged with a felony of resisting arrest. The filing of charges against him relating to the events of 21 May 2010 reportedly came just a week after Mr. Richardson testified in front of the Los Angeles City Council in August 2010 regarding the Council‟s decision to raise rents. CHN 3/2012 24/02/2012 China (People's JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations of forced repatriation of a group of citizens from the Democratic People's 29/03/2012 Republic of Korea (DPRK), currently held in an unknown remand centre in Changchun, China. According to the information received, on 8 February 2012, a group of 31 DPRK citizens were arrested by members of the Chinese police in separate locations in the city of Shenyang for being in the country illegally en route to the Republic of Korea where they were traveling to unite with their families. It is reported that if repatriated to the DPRK, they will be at risk of detention, torture and execution as illegal border-crossers. EGY 5/2012 24/02/2012 Egypt JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged increasingly restrictive environment for civil society organizations and activists. According to the information received, on 6 February 2012, judiciary officials announced that 43 international non-governmental organization workers were referred to Cairo‟s Criminal Court under the accusation of operating an illegal entity in Egypt and of illegally receiving foreign funding. The case file is reportedly over 160 pages and refers to criminal code provisions, including to those which provide for imprisonment as a sentence. The investigations may be part of a broader campaign aimed at intimidating and silencing Egyptian and foreign NGOs operating in Egypt. A/HRC/20/30 59