Eight individuals who were allegedly prevented from traveling from Bahrain to Geneva
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2017-009-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2017
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.0667
Longitude: 50.5577
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Bahrain
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Human Rights Council: Council Presidency
- Dates of prior UN action
- 23 August 2016
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
allegedly prevented from traveling from Bahrain to Geneva to participate in the 32 nd session of the Council
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- Between 13 June and 8 July 2016
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
ecalled the alleged case of reprisals relating to travel bans faced by eight individuals who were allegedly prevented from traveling from Bahrain to Geneva to participate in the 32 nd session of the Council
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Travel restriction
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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