A/HRC/42/30 presented at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, para. 5). 6. The family of Ms. Hassan has reportedly not seen her since September 2018 and in January 2019, she went on a two-day hunger strike to protest the restrictions after the publication of the Opinion of the Working Group. Reports also indicate that Ms. Hassan is being denied access to adequate medical care, in particular since August 2018 when she developed medical conditions that require specialized treatment. On 20 March 2019, the Embassy of Bahrain in London, through its Twitter account, posted private correspondence between Mr. Al-Wadaei and the Ombudsman Office of the Ministry of Interior of Bahrain, including information on the situation of his mother-in-law and private email accounts of relatives. The tweets were later deleted. 7. On 11 March 2019, the Government responded providing detailed information about the situation of Ms. Ali-Alsaegh and Ms. Hassan, including related to the claims submitted to the Ombudsman Office. It stated that allegations about retaliation against individuals or family members for their human rights activities are not true.110 8. The case of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was included in the 2017 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 23 and Annex I, para. 6; and A/HCR/39/41, Annex II, para. 9). In August 2018, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found the detention of Mr. Rajab arbitrary, and referred the case to the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. 111 On 31 December 2018, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld Mr. Rajab’s conviction and sentence of five years’ imprisonment. On 6 May 2019, the court rejected a motion submitted by his lawyers asking for an alternative punishment to the jail sentence. He has now exhausted all legal avenues and will remain in prison until 2023. On 4 January 2019, the spokesperson of the High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Government of Bahrain to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Rajab and to stop criminalizing dissenting voices.112 9. The Government in its reply of 19 June 2019 refers to the cases of Ms. Ali-Alsaegh, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. Rajab. In the case of Ms. Ali-Alsaegh, it provides detailed information and indicated that she was prevented from travelling due to charges against her for “unauthorized demonstration.” Regarding the situation of Ms. Mansoor Hassan, the Government indicated that she was arrested in March 2017 on the charge of having taken part in placing an object resembling an explosive in a public roadway for the purpose of terrorism. According to the Government, over the course of interrogation, some of Ms. Hassan’s fellow suspects confessed to having made an imitation explosive and planting it near a farm. On 30 October 2017, Ms. Hassan was sentenced to a three-year prison term. Concerning allegations of torture, the Government indicated that no complaint has been lodged by Ms. Hassan through any of the national remedies, nor has she complained about not receiving medical treatment. 10. Regarding the situation of Mr. Rajab, the Government indicated that the charges against him are unrelated to his human rights activities and have no bearing on the exercise of his right to freedom of opinion and expression; they are merely the application of the law which makes persons criminally responsible if they violate legislative norms. 2. Bangladesh 11. The case of human rights organization Odhikar and its Secretary Advocate, Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, was included in the 2011 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/18/19 paras. 25–26). Odhikar regularly cooperates with the UN and submitted 110 111 112 44 Response from Government: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/ DownLoadFile?gId=34562. Opinion 13/2018 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-first session, concerning Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab (Bahrain), 17–26 April 2018. OHCHR, Press Briefing Note, Spokesperson of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (4 January 2019).