A/HRC/51/47 Andorra 34. Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of Ms. Vanessa Mendoza Cortés from the Associació Stop Violències Andorra. 35. On 1 July 2022 the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report. Bahrain 36. Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of Mr. Abdulhadi AlKhawaja, Mr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mr. Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, Ms. Ebtisam Al-Saegh and Mr. Hassan Mushaima. 37. On 18 July 2022 the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report. Bangladesh 38. Special procedure mandate holders addressed alleged intimidation of relatives of disappeared persons and representatives of some NGOs in relation to their work and cooperation with the United Nations, including the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.35 The Government responded to mandate holders and clarified efforts to trace missing persons, noting that information requests issued to relatives aimed at providing legal protection. 39. Several United Nations actors condemned the killing of Mr. Mohib Ullah, a Rohingya human rights defender and refugee in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, following his increased international advocacy, including with United Nations entities and at the Human Rights Council.36 The Government responded to mandate holders37 informing them that 12 suspects had been arrested in the course of a prompt, independent and impartial investigation. 40. Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of the human rights organization Odhikar and of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan and Mr. Nasiruddin Elan, Secretary Advocate and Executive Director of Odhikar, respectively. 41. On 22 July 2022, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report. Belarus 42. United Nations actors addressed multiple raids, arrests of human rights defenders as well as the dissolution of a large number of civil society organizations, including longstanding partners of the United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms.38 Reportedly, legislative changes during the period affecting the ability and willingness of civil society actors to engage with the United Nations were also addressed. 43. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus noted in her 2022 report to the Human Rights Council that she had withheld information about the civil society organizations that contributed to it, noting the high risks of reprisals, and referred to reprisals against two NGOs for their cooperation with the United Nations. 39 The dissolution of a number of civil society organizations, including long-standing partners of the United 35 36 37 38 39 8 See BGD 5/2021. All communications mentioned in the present report are available from https:spcommreports.ohchr.org/Tmsearch/TMDocuments. See also https://www.ohchr.org/en/pressreleases/2022/03/un-experts-urge-bangladesh-end-reprisals-against-human-rights-defenders-and. See BGD 5/2021; and A/HRC/49/76, paras. 11–15; see also https://www.unhcr.org/asia/news/press/2021/9/61559c984/unhcr-condemns-killing-of-rohingyarefugee-leader.html, https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/10/bachelet-shocked-killing-rohingya-humanrights-defender. See https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=36723. See https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/09/interactive-dialogue-interim-oral-update-ohchr-situationhuman-rights-belarus. A/HRC/50/58, paras. 93–96; the report covered the period from 1 April 2021 to 30 March 2022.

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