A/HRC/42/30 the prison. Ms. Alabduli had been arrested in November 2015 and sentenced in October 2016 to 5 years charged with “inciting hatred against the State and disturbing public order; undermining the reputation of the State institutions, and publishing false information to endanger the State’s relations with its allies.” Following the death in custody of Ms. Abdulnoor, six police officers reportedly entered and searched the cell of Ms. Al-Ballushi and Ms. Alabduli and stamped on and confiscated their religious books. It is reported that they are both constantly abused by other inmates, which the prison administration reportedly has not addressed. Beyond requesting protection from the prison administration, they have complained about the systematic ill-treatment they are subjected to, compared to other detainees. 34. Uzbekistan 110. According to reports received, in November 2018, Ms. Tatyana Dovlatova, a human rights defender, and several other women activists, were prevented from attending the Asian Forum on Human Rights in Samarkand. The Forum took place on 22 and 23 November 2018 organized by the National Human Rights Center, and co-organized by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, the United Nations Country Team in Uzbekistan and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. On 22 November 2018, Ms. Dovlatova and the other women were subjected to detailed questioning by the Samarkand Prosecutor and the Deputy General Prosecutor in connection with their attempts to attend the Forum without being on a list of participants approved by the Government, and for requesting to meet with United Nations officials and human rights experts attending the Forum. Following the questioning, Ms. Dovlatova and the other women were reportedly taken against their will to Tashkent in order to prevent their interaction with the United Nations. The following days, when the Forum was still ongoing, Ms. Dovlatova and the other women were under surveillance by Uzbekistan security forces reportedly to prevent their interaction with United Nations officials and to prevent them from raising human rights issues at the Forum. 35. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 111. Between 11 and 22 March 2019, an OHCHR team visited Venezuela. On 20 March 2019, in an oral update to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights noted the visit as a positive first step and underlined the importance of completely unhindered access for the OHCHR team, with no reprisals against any person who had met, or sought to meet, them. 103 According to reports received in March and April 2019, medical personnel, human rights defenders, and members of students’ movements who cooperated with OHCHR during the visit suffered acts of intimidation and reprisals. OHCHR raised allegations of individual cases with the Government. 112. On 16 March 2019, the house of Dr. Ronnie Villasmil, who had engaged with OHCHR on 14 March 2019 during their visit to the Enrique Tejera Hospital in the state of Carabobo, was searched without a warrant by members of the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas Penales y Criminalísticas (CICIPC). The CICIPC official reportedly left a subpoena to present himself to the police of the state of Carabobo. When asked about the incident, the Government explained that there was a complaint against Dr. Villasmil filed by a staff member of the hospital. 113. On 13 March 2019, OHCHR visited the Centro Nacional de Procesados Militares de Ramo Verde, a military detention center and a number of inmates approached the team and told them about detention conditions. A few days later, OHCHR was informed that family visits had been restricted for some of those who cooperated with the team. 103 GE.19-15332 OHCHR, Oral update on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 40th session of the Human Rights Council (20 March 2019). 41