A/HRC/45/36 control of the Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Police in the east, and was only able to visit three prisons in the west (para. 62). She recommended that all parties to the conflict “facilitate the unfettered and unhindered access to places of detention and to all detainees by United Nations entities and other organizations providing humanitarian assistance and protection, and abstain from any retaliation against detainees speaking with United Nations and other delegations” (para. 85 (c)). 72. In a July 2019 UNSMIL/OHCHR report on airstrikes targeting the Daman building complex, including the Tajoura Detention Centre,55 UNSMIL noted it was denied entry to interview survivors and regretted the obstruction of its work despite assurances provided by the Government of National Accord Deputy Minister of Interior for Migration (para. 4). It reported that migrants and refugees interviewed in connection to the incident confirmed their fears of reprisals and, therefore, did not provide names of victims during interviews (para.7). Further, several witnesses interviewed in connection to alleged shootings of migrants and refugees trying to escape from the building of the Tajoura Detention Centre did not provide the names of the victims or any other details, noting their fear of reprisals by Tajoura personnel (para. 21). 22. Mali 73. During the reporting period, several incidents of intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and internally displaced persons (IDPs) following engagement with the UN were reported to the Human Rights and Protection Division of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilizations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), among a broader context of violence, threats and intimidation documented by the Division. 56 Names and further details on those affected are withheld due to fear of further reprisals. 74. On 18 September 2019, one human rights defender in Bandiagara, Mopti region, was threatened by armed men from the Dogon community for collaborating with MINUSMA and posting information online to corroborate reports of serious human rights abuses committed by the assailants. MINUSMA referred the case to the local security authorities and continues to monitor the situation. 75. On 28 October 2019, MINUSMA, alongside the G5 Sahel Joint Force, conducted a field mission to Kigna, Mopti region, and interacted with the local population, including IDPs from Boulekessi, the site of a 30 September 2019 attack on a military camp. On 29 October 2019, about 20 members of an extremist group arrived in Kigna, threatened an imam belonging to the community of IDPs, and tried to abduct him, but were dissuaded by the intervention of three village elders. The assailants unsuccessfully attempted to abduct the religious leader again on 31 October and 1 November 2019. During their last attempt, the assailants instructed the imam to stop collaborating with “infidels,” explicitly referring to MINUSMA and the Malian Armed Forces. 23. Mexico 76. It was reported to OHCHR that since June 2019 Mr. Felipe Hinojo Alonso, a human rights defender and representative of a group of victims of torture and their relatives advocating for access to justice and accountability in Aguascalientes, has been subject to intimidation, threats and surveillance for his cooperation with OHCHR in Mexico. Since 55 56 34 UNSMIL/OHCHR, “The airstrikes on the Daman building complex, including the Tajoura Detention Centre,” (2 July 2019), https://unsmil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unsmilohchr_report_airstrikes_at_tajoura-27012020.pdf. S/2019/782 (October 2019); S/2019/983 (December 2019); MINUSMA, Note sur les tendances des violations et abus de droits de l’homme 1 er Janvier – 31 Mars 2020, (April 2020), https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/ML/Notetrimestrielle_tendancesdesviolationsetabusdes droitsdelhomme_JanvieraMars2020.pdf, and MINUSMA Rapport sur les atteintes sérieuses aux droits de l’homme commises lors de l’attaque du village de Sobane Da (région de Mopti) le 9 juin 2019 (10 July 2019), https://minusma.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/mali_rapport_sobane_da_final_version_07.08.2018 _15.45.pdf.

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