In March 2019, the New Generation of Human Rights Defenders Coalition, established to coordinate civil society inputs to the third cycle of the UPR of Kazakhstan, was reportedly subject to surveillance, called for questioning related to their cooperation with the UN, and had their private channels of communication compromised. Between 20 and 30 March 2019, two National Security Service (KNB) officials reportedly called for questioning a representative of the Coalition and inquired about their activity. The two officials were privy to detailed information on the discussions of the Coalition, and specifically referred to an encrypted message exchange (through an intercepted WhatsApp chat) that the Coalition had used to coordinate input to the UPR. The questioning occurred the same week that the Coalition sent its UPR submission on Kazakhstan to the United Nations for consideration. Another member of the Coalition reported an incident of surveillance the following week.