A/HRC/45/36 ensure his immediate release and provide him compensation and other reparations (para. 100).80 116. On 8 April 2019, Mr. Al Nukheifi requested to be transferred from Mecca General Prison, where he was being held, to Jizan prison to be able to see his family, including his 80-year-old mother, which was denied. In August 2019, Mr. Al Nukheifi was instead transferred to Al Ha’ir prison in Riyadh, reportedly for a re-trial. It was reported to OHCHR that this trial would not proceed. Information from July 2019 suggested that Mr. Al Nukheifi has allegedly been subjected to on-going ill-treatment, including being stripped of his clothes and having his hands and feet shackled (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/71, para. 11). 117. The case of Mr. Issa Hamid Al-Hamid, human rights defender and member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), was included in the 2018 and 2017 reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, paras. 49–50; A/HRC/36/31, para. 49 and Annex I, paras. 68–69).81 In its November 2019 opinion, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that Mr. Al-Hamid was being detained arbitrarily (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/71, paras. 76, 83, 90, 95), and noted with concern the Government’s reprisals against Mr. Al-Hamid for his reporting to UN human rights mechanisms (para. 93). The Working Group called on the authorities to ensure his immediate release and to provide him compensation and other reparations (para. 100). Mr Al-Hamid is serving an 11-year sentence for having, inter-alia, “communicated with international organizations in order to harm the image of the State.” In its response of 18 September 2019 to the Working Group’s questions, the Government stated that Mr. Al-Nukheifi and Mr. Al-Hamid were duly arrested, tried and convicted in accordance with domestic laws and procedures (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/71, para. 56). 118. The case of Mr. Fawzan Mohsen Awad Al Harbi, human rights defender and member of ACPRA, was included in the 2014 and 2019 reports of the Secretary-General on allegations of arrest and detention in connection to his cooperation with the UN (A/HRC/27/38, para. 30 and A/HRC/42/30, para. 74 and Annex II, para. 94). As of May 2020, he was serving a 10-year prison term at Al Malaz prison in Riyadh (to be followed by a travel ban of 10 years). The case of Mr. Al Harbi’s wife, Ms. Amal Al Harbi, was mentioned in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 94). It was reported to OHCHR in May 2020 that she was released from Dhahban Prison in May 2019, having been arrested in July 2018 reportedly for campaigning for the release of her husband. 24. Thailand 119. The 2017 (A/HRC/36/31, para. 57 and Annex I, paras. 80–81), 2018 (A/HRC/39/41, Annex II paras. 51–53) and 2019 (A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 101) reports of the Secretary-General drew attention to intimidation and an online smear campaign against human rights defenders, including individual recipients of a grant of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, notably Ms. Angkhana Neelapaijit, Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet and Ms. Anchana Heemmina (THA 6/2017).82 120. In the reporting period, the cyber harassment of political activists and defenders reporting alleged human rights violations in the Southern Border Provinces who continue to cooperate with the UN continued, with photos of Ms. Neelapaijit, Ms. Khongkachonkeit and Ms. Heeminah surfacing online with disparaging comments. Given their visibility, it is reported that these and other women defenders in particular faced online attacks and their human rights reporting and advocacy were discredited. Information was received that they were targeted for questioning the militarization and use of ill-treatment and torture by State forces, and accused of sympathizing with armed groups. 80 81 82 74 Opinion No. 71/2019 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-sixth session, concerning Issa al-Nukheifi, Mr. Abdulaziz Youssef Mohamed al-Shubaili and Issa Hamid al-Hamid (Saudi Arabia), 18–22 November 2019. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33296. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/cat/Shared%20documents/tha/int_CAT_RLE_THA_18048_E.pdf