Ahmed Mansoor (2014)
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2014-038-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2014
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 23.424076
Longitude: 53.847818
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- United Arab Emirates
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 20 June 2013
- 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
blogger and member of the Human Rights Watch Middle East and North Africa Advisory Committee
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
participation by means of a video statement in a side event during the second universal periodic review of the United Arab Emirates
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UPR
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
Mr. Mansoor was reportedly prevented from attending the second review of the United Arab Emirates in person as his passport had been confiscated by the authorities. He has allegedly been under surveillance, his e-mail account has been accessed without authorization and he was physically attacked twice, including on the day his video statement was shown at the side event
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Surveillance
- Travel restriction
- 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?
- 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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