Individuals with past engagement with HRC
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-002-020
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.0667
Longitude: 50.5577
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Bahrain
- From Region
- 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
past engagement with the Council
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
A number of individuals have also reported the use of intimidation because of their past engagement with the Council to discourage them from speaking out again, including threats of physical violence, public defamation and rape.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- Physical attack: Rape/sexual aggression
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- 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?
- Yes
- 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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