Date Type Case No Country Summary of the allegation transmitted LKA 1/2012 01/03/2012 Sri Lanka JUA Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Allegations of excessive use of force against peaceful protestors and undue restrictions on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression. According to the information received, law enforcement authorities have repeatedly used excessive force against peaceful demonstrators protesting against the increase of fuel prices, the Employees‟ Pension Benefits Fund Bill, and alleged attacks against women belonging to minorities by the military. Human rights and political activists were also prevented by law enforcement authorities from participating in a peaceful protest organized by a platform of civil society organizations working on cases of disappearances and abduction. Media organizations staging a peaceful protest which called for the authorities to investigate into attacks over the past years on media personnel and institutions, were forced to change the venue of their protest, whereas counter-protestors (pro-government groups), some armed with clubs, could demonstrate at the initial venue. Reportedly, the military unduly requires advance notification prior to any meetings, and attends meetings to which it was not invited with a view to intimidating the participants. MYS 2/2012 02/03/2012 Malaysia JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Summary executions; Alleged arrest and deportation of a journalist. According to the information received, on 9 February 2012, Mr. Hamza Kashgari was arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport following the issue of an arrest warrant by the Saudi Arabian authorities. Mr. Kashgari is a journalist for Al-Belad (The Country), a newspaper owned by the Saudi Arabian Government, and a blogger. He was allegedly held in detention in the Travel Control Section in the Bukit Aman area of Kuala Lumpur. Prior to his arrest he had reportedly fled Saudi Arabia after accusations of apostasy were made against him in relation to an online post he had made concerning the Prophet Mohammed. On 12 February 2012, he was allegedly deported from Malaysia to Saudi Arabia and has since remained in detention in Riyadh. Despite publicly repenting and declaring himself a Muslim, Mr. Kashgari is reportedly at serious risk of being charged with blasphemy and consequently receiving a death sentence as a result of his post on Twitter. PAK 2/2012 02/03/2012 Pakistan JAL Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Summary executions; Alleged killing of members of the Shia religious minority. According to the information received, Oon 28 February 2012, an attack on a bus in Kohistan, northern Pakistan, left at least 18 Shia Muslims dead when attackers, allegedly in military fatigues, separated them from Sunni travellers and shot them at the roadside. This act follows an incident on 17 February when, reportedly, more than 30 people were killed or wounded when a suicide bomber exploded a bomb close to a mosque in a mainly Shia neighbourhood in the Kurram tribal region. Reply A/HRC/20/30 65 Mandate(s)