Several civil society representatives present at HRCtee 126th session
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-052-003
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 1.650801
Longitude: 10.267895
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Equatorial Guinea
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
- Dates of prior UN action
- 14 August 2019
- 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
present in Geneva during the review of the country at its 126th session
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
- Dates of engagement
- July 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
allegations of the broadcast of unauthorized footage and stigmatization by a State television channel of several civil society representatives, who were present in Geneva during the review of the country at its 126th session
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- 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
- Government response dates
- 23 June 2020
- Government response content
The Government took note of the allegations of the broadcast of unauthorized footage, and clarified that such a broadcast did not have consequences beyond the informative coverage of the 126th session of the Human Rights Committee, and it should not be interpreted as an attempt to persecute and punish the activists present in that session.
- 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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