Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply GBR 6/2014 02/12/2014 United Kingdom JUA of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Arbitrary detention; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; 26/02/2015 Alleged arbitrary detention and risk of persecution, torture and killing upon deportation from the United Kingdom to Pakistan of an asylum seeker. According to the information received, Mr. Liaquat Ali Hazara, a human rights activist and campaigner for a Shia minority group, the Hazaras, continues to be detained pending deportation from the United Kingdom to Pakistan. Serious concerns remain that Mr. Hazara continues to face the risk of being tortured or killed should he be deported to Pakistan, given the widespread and growing pattern of violent attacks, including numerous killings, against members of religious communities, as well as his prominent role as a blogger and activist defending the rights of the Hazara minority in Pakistan. Mr. Hazara was subject of a previous communication sent on 20 October 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. GBR 3/2014. TJK 6/2014 03/12/2014 Tajikistan JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 19/01/2015 Allegations concerning the curtailing effect of proposed amendments to the Law on Public Associations, if adopted, on the right to freedom of association. According to the information received, the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan submitted to Government draft amendments to the Law on Public Associations of 12 May 2007.The Government is considering submitting these draft amendments to Parliament at its next session in mid-December 2014. The draft amendments, which foresee new inspection procedures for public associations as well as new registration and authorization mechanisms for associations receiving foreign funding, reportedly curtail the right to freedom of association as guaranteed by international human rights law. UKR 3/2014 04/12/2014 Ukraine UA Disappearances; Alleged arbitrary arrest and disappearance of a civilian by the pro-Kyiv territorial defence battalion Aidar. According to the information received, on 21 July 2014, Mr. Aleksander Minchenok, a 31-year-old civilian from Lisichansk, was arrested by the pro-Kyiv territorial defence battalion Aidar on the road from Lisichansk, a town in Luhansk region, to Kharkiv. His fate and whereabouts have been unknown since the disappearance and serious concern is expressed about his psychological and physical integrity. 13/02/2015 A/HRC/29/50 12 Date Type

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