Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted PNG 2/2012 08/05/2012 Papua New AL Guinea Freedom of expression; Alleged restrictions on media freedom, including the establishment of a committee to monitor online activities, as well as recent cases of attacks against journalists by police officers. According to the information received, Mr. Patrick Talu, reporter for the Post-Courier newspaper, was threatened by police officers due their perceived negative reporting in the press. Mr. Mark Kayok, crime reporter for the National Broadcasting Corporation, was allegedly assaulted by a group of police officers who claimed that the media have not been reporting positively on them. SYR 5/2012 08/05/2012 Syrian Arab JUA Republic Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Allegations of prolonged incommunicado detention, ill-treatment and upcoming military court trials of human rights defenders. According to the new information received concerning those arrested during the raid on the offices of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) on 16 February 2012, Messrs. Bassam al-Ahmed, Jawan Farso and Ayham Ghazzoul, who had been held in incommunicado detention since their arrest, were informed on 22 April 2012 that they would be prosecuted by a military court on charges of “possessing prohibited materials with the intent to disseminate them”. Ms. Yara Badr, Ms. Razan Ghazawi, Ms. Mayada Khalil, Ms. Sana‟ Zitani, and Ms. Hanadeh Zahlout, are reportedly being detained in the central prison of Adra in Damascus, facing the same charges. Messrs. Hani Zitani, Abdelrahman Alhamade and Mansour al-Omari, arrested during the raid, are reportedly being held in incommunicado detention in a military base in al-Mo‟damiya, and Messrs. Mazen Darwich and Hussayn Gharir have been held incommunicado in the AFI detention centre in El Mezzeh since their arrest. Allegedly, at least seven of those arrested have been subjected to ill treatment while in detention. This case was the subject of an earlier communication (see A/HRC/20/30, case no SYR 2/2012 CAN 2/2012 10/05/2012 Canada AL Indigenous peoples; Follow up letter concerning the situation of the Attawapiskat community and broader issues related to the economic and social situation of First Nations in Canada. The follow up letter contains observations of the Special Rapporteur on the Attawapiskat situation as well as additional questions in light of the response of Canada (3/2011) to the Special Rapporteur‟s initial letter on the issue (A/HRC/20/30). The follow up questions relate also to further allegations received concerning the formulas used for providing funding to First Nations in Canada. Reply A/HRC/21/49 38 Date Type