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UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/4/37/Add.1 27 March 2007 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourth session Agenda item 2 IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received * * The present document is being circulated in the languages of submission only, as it greatly exceeds the word limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly resolutions. GE.07-12201 (E) 280307 A/HRC/4/37/Add.1 Page 2 Contents Paragraphs Page Introduction..................................................................................... 1 – 4 4 Algeria ........................................................................................... 5 – 13 4 Angola ........................................................................................... 14 – 20 9 Argentina ....................................................................................... 21 – 30 11 Azerbaijan ...................................................................................... 31 – 32 17 Bahrain .......................................................................................... 33 – 44 18 Bangladesh ..................................................................................... 45 – 51 24 Belarus ........................................................................................... 52 – 77 26 Burundi .......................................................................................... 77 – 80 41 Brazil ............................................................................................. 81 – 103 42 Cambodia ....................................................................................... 104 – 113 50 Cameroon ....................................................................................... 114 – 117 55 Central African Republic ................................................................ 118 – 121 57 Chad ............................................................................................... 122 – 123 58 Chile ............................................................................................... 124 – 138 59 China ............................................................................................. 139 - 173 70 Colombia ....................................................................................... 174 – 213 89 Congo ............................................................................................ 214 – 216 109 Costa Rica ...................................................................................... 217 – 218 110 Cuba ............................................................................................... 219 – 223 111 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................. 224 – 235 112 Djibouti .......................................................................................... 236 – 243 117 Dominican Republic ....................................................................... 244 – 245 122 Ecuador .......................................................................................... 246 – 253 123 El Salvador ..................................................................................... 254 – 258 127 Egypt ............................................................................................. 259 – 263 129 Ethiopia .......................................................................................... 264 – 275 133 Georgia .......................................................................................... 276 – 288 137 Guatemala ...................................................................................... 289 – 302 141 Haiti ............................................................................................... 303 – 305 146 Honduras ........................................................................................ 306 – 313 147 India ............................................................................................... 314 – 322 151 Indonesia ........................................................................................ 323 – 326 155 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ............................................................... 327 – 354 156 Iraq ................................................................................................. 355 – 360 166 Israel .............................................................................................. 361 – 385 168 Jamaica .......................................................................................... 386 – 388 178 Jordan ............................................................................................ 389 – 390 178 Korea (Republic of) ........................................................................ 391 – 398 179 Kyrgyzstan ..................................................................................... 399 – 401 182 Latvia ............................................................................................. 402 – 404 183 Lebanon ......................................................................................... 405 – 407 183 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ................................................................. 408 – 409 184 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ................................ 410 – 412 185 A/HRC/4/37/Add.1 Page 3 Contents (Continued) Paragraphs Page Malaysia ......................................................................................... 413 – 415 186 Maldives ........................................................................................ 416 – 423 187 Mexico ........................................................................................... 424 – 452 192 Moldova ......................................................................................... 453 – 457 204 Morocco ......................................................................................... 458 – 467 206 Myanmar ........................................................................................ 468 – 478 212 Nepal ............................................................................................. 479 – 505 216 Nicaragua ....................................................................................... 506 – 508 223 Niger .............................................................................................. 509 – 510 224 Nigeria ........................................................................................... 511 – 513 224 Pakistan .......................................................................................... 514 – 520 226 Paraguay ........................................................................................ 521 – 523 228 Peru ................................................................................................ 524 – 528 229 Philippines ..................................................................................... 529 – 558 232 Poland ............................................................................................ 559 – 566 243 Russian Federation ......................................................................... 567 – 583 247 Saudi Arabia .................................................................................. 584 – 587 254 Singapore ....................................................................................... 588 – 591 256 Sri Lanka ........................................................................................ 592 – 612 259 Sudan ............................................................................................. 611 – 625 267 Syrian Arab Republic ..................................................................... 626 – 640 273 Thailand ......................................................................................... 641 – 649 279 Tunisia ........................................................................................... 650 – 682 282 Turkey ............................................................................................ 683 – 699 297 Turkmenistan ................................................................................. 700 – 704 302 United Arab Emirates ..................................................................... 705 – 707 304 Uzbekistan ..................................................................................... 708 – 725 306 Viet Nam ........................................................................................ 726 – 731 314 Yemen ............................................................................................ 732 – 733 317 Zimbabwe ...................................................................................... 734 – 740 317 A/HRC/4/37/Add.1 Page 4 Introduction 1. The present document is submitted by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Hina Jilani, to the Human Rights Council pursuant to resolution 2003/64 of the Commission on Human Rights. The document provides summaries of the communications on specific cases addressed by the Special Representative to Governments, as well as summaries of the replies by Governments that she has received, and her observations thereon. 2. In the past, such information had been included in an annex. Following up on a practice adopted in

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