The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of multilateral institutions 2014, para. 67
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Activists from Bahrain, Malawi, Sri Lanka participating in Human Rights Council sessions have had their names and pictures taken by State representatives and reproduced in local newspapers and social media, and been accused of tarnishing the image of their respective countries. In Malaysia, the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (COMANGO) was the subject of a smear campaign run by various groups after it had made submissions to Malaysia's second UPR in 2013. A local newspaper and Islamic organizations made inflammatory comments against COMANGO, and the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs subsequently declared it illegal, before backtracking on its position a few months later. In Saudi Arabia, civil society activists who participated in United Nations forums to report on human rights violations in the country have been labelled as "terrorists" or acting against Islam.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/365, para. 67.