UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Distr. GENERAL Council E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1 22 March 2006 ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixty-second session Agenda item 17 (b) of the provisional agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Hina Jilani Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received* ______________ * The present document is being circulated as received, in the languages of submission only, as it greatly exceeds the page limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly resolutions. GE.06-11958 E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1 Page 2 Contents Paragraphs Pages Introduction........................................................................................ 1 – 5 5 Afghanistan ....................................................................................... 6 – 7 5 Algeria................................................................................................ 8 – 15 6 Argentina............................................................................................16 – 19 10 Australia............................................................................................. 20 – 21 11 Azerbaijan .......................................................................................... 22 – 24 12 Bahrain............................................................................................... 25 – 30 13 Bangladesh......................................................................................... 31 – 42 18 Belarus ............................................................................................... 43 – 54 23 Bolivia................................................................................................ 55 – 59 27 Brazil.................................................................................................. 60 – 68 29 Cambodia ........................................................................................... 69 – 71 33 Cameroon........................................................................................... 72 – 73 34 Chad ................................................................................................... 74 – 75 35 Chile .................................................................................................. 76 – 78 36 China (People’s Republic of)............................................................. 79 – 105 37 Colombia ........................................................................................... 106 – 139 47 Côte d’Ivoire ...................................................................................... 140 – 144 63 Cuba ................................................................................................... 145 – 154 64 Democratic Republic of the Congo.................................................... 155 – 171 69 Dominican Republic .......................................................................... 172 – 173 80 Ecuador .............................................................................................. 174 – 180 81 Egypt .................................................................................................. 181 – 186 84 E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1 Page 3 El Salvador......................................................................................... 187 – 189 86 Eritrea................................................................................................. 190 – 191 87 Ethiopia .............................................................................................. 192 – 198 88 Georgia............................................................................................... 199 – 200 91 Guatemala .......................................................................................... 201 – 231 92 Honduras ............................................................................................ 232 – 242 104 India ................................................................................................... 243 – 250 109 Indonesia ............................................................................................ 251 – 255 112 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .................................................................. 256 – 269 113 Iraq ..................................................................................................... 270 – 277 119 Israel................................................................................................... 278 – 289 122 Jamaica............................................................................................... 290 – 291 125 Kazakhstan......................................................................................... 292 – 294 126 Kenya ................................................................................................ 295 – 298 127 Kuwait................................................................................................ 299 – 301 128 Kyrgyzstan ......................................................................................... 302 – 305 129 Lebanon.............................................................................................. 306 – 310 130 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya..................................................................... 311 – 312 132 Malaysia............................................................................................. 313 – 315 132 Maldives............................................................................................. 316 – 325 133 Mexico ............................................................................................... 326 – 342 138 Mongolia ........................................................................................... 343 – 344 146 Morocco ............................................................................................. 345 – 349 147 Myanmar ............................................................................................ 350 – 358 150 Nepal .................................................................................................. 359 – 397 155 E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1 Page 4 Niger................................................................................................... 398 – 402 173 Nigeria................................................................................................ 403 – 405 176 Pakistan .............................................................................................. 406 – 416 177 Paraguay............................................................................................. 417 – 419 181 Peru .................................................................................................... 420 – 425 182 Philippines.......................................................................................... 426 – 431 185 Poland................................................................................................. 432 – 433 188 Russian Federation............................................................................. 434 – 453 189 Saudi Arabia....................................................................................... 454 – 457 203 Serbia and Montenegro ..................................................................... 458 – 462 204 Sierra Leone ...................................................................................... 463 – 464 205 Sri Lanka............................................................................................ 465 – 470 206 Sudan.................................................................................................. 471 – 481 208 Syrian Arab Republic......................................................................... 482 – 496 213 Thailand ............................................................................................. 497 – 504 217 Togo .................................................................................................. 505 – 508 221 Tunisia................................................................................................ 509 – 544 222 Turkey ................................................................................................ 545 – 558 242 Uganda .............................................................................................. 559 – 560 247 United States of America ................................................................... 561 – 562 247 Uzbekistan ......................................................................................... 563 – 589 249 Venezuela........................................................................................... 590 – 595 267 Viet Nam............................................................................................ 595 – 602 269 Zimbabwe........................................................................................... 603 – 617 271 E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1 Page 5 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 Commission on Human Rights pursuant to Commission resolution 2003/64. 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