Nader Mit’ib
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-122-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 31.898043
Longitude: 35.204269
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Palestine
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
his engagement with OHCHR and others on the arrest, detention, and torture of 22 members of his extended family.
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
his engagement with OHCHR and others on the arrest, detention, and torture of 22 members of his extended family.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 9 August 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Hebron
- Reprisal information
According to information received by OHCHR, on 9 August 2023 the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS) arrested and intimidated Mr. Nader Mit’ib in relation to his engagement with OHCHR and others on the arrest, detention, and torture of 22 members of his extended family. Reportedly, GIS officers held a copy of a letter Mr. Mit’ib had delivered to the OHCHR office in Hebron on the issue, while intimidating him for speaking to human rights organizations about the case of his family. GIS officers had allegedly seized the letter from Mr. Mit’ib’s car. Mr. Mit’ib was formally charged with “possession of firearms” and released on bail after 14 days in detention.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- 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?
- 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?
- Yes
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No