12/08/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) BGD 5/2015 Bangladesh Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary of the allegation transmitted Alleged stigmatization of two human rights non-governmental organizations by the police, and risk of serious threats against a human rights defender, his relatives and colleagues. According to the information received, on 2 August 2015, following the publication of a report by Odhikar and BAMAK on extra-judicial executions allegedly committed by police forces, the police headquarters in Dhaka issued a media release to reject the report and label the two human rights organizations as subversive. The police stated, inter alia, that the action by the two organizations challenged the rule of law and the judicial system of the country. Furthermore, it is feared that Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Odhikar Secretary, his relatives and colleagues may face serious threats in the context of the issuance of the abovementioned media release. Odhikar and its members, including Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, were the subject of previous communications sent by several special procedures mandate holders on 25 March 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. BGD 2/2014; on 13 November 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. BGD 14/2013; on 6 September 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. BGD 10/2013; on 14 August 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. BGD 9/2013; on 11 October 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. BGD 5/2011; on 14 March 2011, see A/HRC/19/55Add.2, case no. BGD 3/2011; on 12 March 2010, see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, case no. BGD 4/2010; and on 9 May 2007, see A/HRC/7/28/Add.1, case no. BGD 11/2007. Reply A/HRC/31/79 70 Date Type