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General Assembly Distr UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/14/23/Add.1 1 June 2010 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received* * Owing to its length, the present report is circulated as received. GE.10-13841 A/HRC/14/23/Add.1 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 - 7 6 Afghanistan ........................................................................................ 8 – 14 7 Algeria ............................................................................................... 15 - 29 8 Angola ................................................................................................ 30 - 37 11 Argentina ........................................................................................... 38 - 83 12 Azerbaijan .......................................................................................... 84 - 97 17 Bahrain ............................................................................................... 98 - 118 19 Belarus ............................................................................................... 119 - 165 23 Bolivia ................................................................................................ 166 - 183 30 Brazil .................................................................................................. 184 - 190 32 Bulgaria .............................................................................................. 191 - 219 33 Burundi .............................................................................................. 220 - 224 37 Cambodia ........................................................................................... 225 - 253 38 Cameroon ........................................................................................... 254 - 268 44 Chad ................................................................................................... 269 - 274 47 Chile ................................................................................................... 275 - 304 48 China .................................................................................................. 305 - 437 51 Colombia ............................................................................................ 438 - 566 72 Congo (Republic of the) .................................................................... 567 - 572 91 Cuba ................................................................................................... 573 - 631 91 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ........................................... 632 - 639 99 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................... 640 - 678 100 Djibouti .............................................................................................. 679 - 684 107 Ecuador .............................................................................................. 685 - 728 108 A/HRC/14/23/Add.1 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Egypt .................................................................................................. 729 - 746 114 El Salvador ........................................................................................ 747 - 786 116 Equatorial Guinea .............................................................................. 787 - 792 123 Eritrea ................................................................................................ 793 - 804 124 Ethiopia .............................................................................................. 805 - 853 125 Fiji ..................................................................................................... 854 - 875 134 Gabon ................................................................................................ 876 - 890 138 Gambia .............................................................................................. 891 - 911 140 Guatemala .......................................................................................... 912 - 997 143 Guinea ................................................................................................ 998 – 1010 156 Guinea-Bissau .................................................................................... 1011 – 1017 157 Honduras ............................................................................................ 1018 - 1054 158 India ................................................................................................... 1055 - 1084 165 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .................................................................. 1085 - 1244 171 Iraq ..................................................................................................... 1245 - 1263 200 Israel .................................................................................................. 1264 - 1297 204 Italy .................................................................................................... 1298 - 1317 209 Kazakhstan ........................................................................................ 1318 - 1340 212 Kenya ................................................................................................. 1341 - 1362 215 Kyrgyz Republic ................................................................................ 1363 - 1393 218 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .................................................................... 1394 - 1399 224 Lithuania ............................................................................................ 1400 - 1414 225 Madagascar ........................................................................................ 1415 - 1423 228 Malawi ............................................................................................... 1424 - 1428 229 A/HRC/14/23/Add.1 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Malaysia ............................................................................................. 1429 - 1479 230 Mauritania .......................................................................................... 1480 - 1486 238 Mexico ............................................................................................... 1487 - 1677 239 Morocco ............................................................................................. 1678 - 1687 268 Myanmar ............................................................................................ 1688 - 1715 270 Namibia .............................................................................................. 1716 - 1720 274 Nepal .................................................................................................. 1721 - 1741 274 Nicaragua ........................................................................................... 1742 - 1755 278 Niger .................................................................................................. 1756 - 1764 279 Oman .................................................................................................. 1765 - 1770 281 Pakistan .............................................................................................. 1771 - 1799 282 Peru .................................................................................................... 1800 - 1814 286 Philippines .......................................................................................... 1815 - 1885 289 Republic of Korea .............................................................................. 1886 - 1934 300 Republic of Moldova ......................................................................... 1935 - 1968 308 Russian Federation ............................................................................. 1969-2070 313 Saudi Arabia ...................................................................................... 2071 - 2092 327 Serbia ................................................................................................. 2093 - 2135 330 Sierra Leone ....................................................................................... 2136 - 2145 337 Somalia .............................................................................................. 2146 - 2159 338 Sri Lanka ............................................................................................ 2160 - 2239 340 Sudan ................................................................................................. 2240 - 2284 353 Swaziland ........................................................................................... 2285 - 2289 360 Syrian Arab Republic ........................................................................ 2290 - 2332 360 A/HRC/14/23/Add.1 page 5 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Tajikistan ........................................................................................... 2333 - 2339 366 Thailand ............................................................................................. 2340 - 2410 367 Tunisia ............................................................................................... 2411 - 2470 378 Turkey ...............................................................................................
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