A/HRC/60/62 18. Viet Nam 141. The cases of Mr. Y Khiu Niê and Mr. Y Sĩ Êban were included in the 2023 and 2024 report145 of the Secretary-General on allegations of arbitrary arrest, surveillance and travel restrictions which prevented them from participating in the 2022 SEAFORB Conference, held in Bali (Indonesia).146 Mr. Y Khiu Niê and Mr. Y Sĩ Êban are human rights defenders belonging to the Montagnards indigenous community and religious minority of Christian Protestants. 142. On 14 June 2024, special procedures mandate holders reported that Mr. Y Khiu Niê was summoned to the Government centre of Ea Tu Commune on 9 April 2024 and interrogated as to whether he had been taking part in further civil society trainings, pressured to convince his family members to return from Thailand to Viet Nam, and questioned about his contacts with civil society organizations overseas. Mandate holders also addressed that, on 20 August 2023, Y Sĩ Êban was threatened by two police officers who entered his residence with fines and imprisonment if he observed the International Day of Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (VNM 2/2023). They also stated that his wife had been interrogated on 10 and 11 April 2024 (VNM 4/2024). 143. References to the alleged impact of the arbitrary application of restrictive legislation in place, including vaguely defined provisions in the Criminal Code related to propaganda against the State and the NGO regulatory framework, on the ability and willingness of civil society organizations to engage with the United Nations was included in the report of the Secretary-General in 2024. During the reporting period, civil society organizations were allegedly hesitant to engage with the United Nations as implementing partners, or to receive funds from the United Nations, for fear of being investigated and found in violation of the complex and vague taxation legislation. Several NGOs and long-standing United Nations partners refrained from publicly engaging with human rights mechanisms, including treaty body reviews during the period and the ongoing preparations leading up to the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Viet Nam, which took place on 7 May 2024, due to fear of reprisal. Names and additional details of those concerned are withheld due to fear of reprisals. 19. Yemen 144. The case of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, a Sana’a-based civil society organization, and members of its staff, has been included in reports of the Secretary-General since 2021, 147 and previously in 2019, on allegations of detention and prevention of travel following engagement with the United Nations Security Council and United Nations human rights mechanisms (SAU 8/2018; YEM 4/2018). On 25 January 2022, the Chairperson of Mwatana, Ms. Radhya al-Mutawakel, briefed the Security Council on the situation in Yemen148 following which she was subjected to a smear campaign and threats on social media. 145. According to information received by OHCHR, on 17 April 2025, local administrative authorities in the city of Taiz reportedly issued a directive banning Mwatana’s activities. Allegedly, public messages were subsequently shared on social media platforms urging the authorities to arrest Ms. Radhya Al-Mutwakel should she enter the city and stating that individuals or entities cooperating with Mwatana or its Chairperson should be subjected to legal action. 146. Reportedly, 31 incidents against Mwatana staff were documented during the reporting period by various parties to the conflict, the majority of which were reportedly attributed to 145 A/HRC/54/61, Annex II paras. VNM 2/2023. 147 A/HRC/42/30, paras. 74, 85, Annex I, para. 94, 124 and A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 160–161 and A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, para. 143. 148 https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19ame0jq8. 146 72