A/HRC/42/30 Commissioner expressed concern about the “arrest and jailing of opposition leaders, possibly in some cases as a reprisal for cooperating with the United Nations”.55 70. On 7 November 2018, special procedures mandate holders expressed concern at the arbitrary detention of Mr. Jonathan Francisco López, as well as attacks, intimidation and threats against Mr. Félix Alejandro Maradiaga (NIC 5/2018; A/HRC/40/60/Add.1 and A/HRC/40/60/Add.1/Corr.1, para. 246; and A/HRC/40/52, para. 58) and others more generally 56 for their cooperation with the United Nations, and on 27 November 2018 the Government responded. On 8 October 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General addressed the alleged reprisals against Mr. López to the Government in writing. 71. On 8 February 2019, the spokesperson for the High Commissioner expressed concerns about a raid,57 allegedly without a warrant, on the offices of the Federación red Nicaragüense por la democracia y el desarrollo local (Red local), a coalition of 22 civil society organizations working across the country, six days after Nicaraguan civil society representatives, including members of Red local, had met the High Commissioner in Geneva. On 12 March 2019, special procedures mandate holders addressed the allegations (NIC 1/2019). Poland 72. On 13 December 2018, special procedures mandate holders expressed concern at reports that human rights defenders traveling to participate in the twenty-fourth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Katowice, had been barred from entering the country in early December 2018. 58 On 25 January 2019, the Assistant Secretary-General further addressed these concerns in writing. It was reported to OHCHR that the national human rights institution of Poland and the Commissioner on Human Rights, Mr. Adam Bodnar, had been subject to acts of intimidation and reprisals. Saudi Arabia 73. On 8 February 2019, special procedures mandate holders renewed concerns about the arbitrary detention and degrading treatment of defenders of women’s rights Ms. Samar Badawi (see annex II) and Ms. Loujain Al-Hathloul, who had cooperated with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (SAU 1/2019). The Committee Chair and its focal point on reprisals sent letters on 25 May 2018, 20 July 2018, 7 August 2018, 13 November 2018 and 20 November 2018. On 9 October 2018 and 3 December 2018, the Government responded and provided information on Ms. AlHathloul. 59 On 9 April 2019, the Assistant Secretary-General addressed allegations of reprisals to the Government in writing. 74. On 25 June 2018, special procedures mandate holders addressed alleged reprisals against Mr. Abdulrasheed Al-Faqih and Ms. Radhia Al-Mutawake of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights based on orders reportedly received from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (SAU 8/2018; see section on Yemen below). It was reported to OHCHR that, in March 2019, Mr. Yahya Al-Assiri, of the organization ALQST, had received threats on social media as a result of his engagement in the context of the universal periodic review of Saudi Arabia. Annex II contains allegations of continued reprisals against Mr. Mohammad Fahad Al Qahtani, Mr. Essa Al Nukheifi, Mr. Fawzan Mohsen Awad Al Harbi, Ms. Amal Al Harbi and Ms. Samar Badawi. 55 56 57 58 59 14 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24193&LangID=E. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23919&LangID=E. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24148&LangID=E. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24017&LangID=E. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=34611.