A/HRC/60/62 which the network reportedly ceased its activities and is no longer in existence. CSIPN, which was a member of this network, temporarily suspended its website. 13. Saudia Arabia 114. The case of Mr. Mohammad Fahad Al Qahtani, of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACRPA), was included in the 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 reports of the Secretary-General112 on allegations that he was interrogated, subjected to a travel ban, and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for charges of providing false information to outside sources, including United Nations human rights mechanisms. Special procedure mandate holders have addressed his situation repeatedly with the relevant authorities, including raising allegations of acts of reprisals for his cooperation with the United Nations, ill treatment, and lack of contact with his family while in prison, to which the Government responded, confirming new criminal charges and his detention. 113 Reportedly, in May 2023, six months after his 10-year prison term ended, Mr. Al Qahtani was tried in closed proceedings by the State Security Court in Riyadh and in July 2023 was still detained in Riyadh. According to information received by OHCHR, on 7 January 2025, he was reportedly released, more than two years after the completion of his prison term of 10 years. Mr. al-Qahtani is reportedly under a 10-year travel ban. 115. The case of Mr. Essa Al Nukheifi, a human rights defender and anti-corruption activist, was included in the reports of the Secretary-General from 2018 until 2023, 114 following his six-year prison sentence, with a six-year travel and social media ban upon release, for his cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty during a visit to Saudi Arabia in January 2017 (SAU 2/2017). In November 2019, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that Mr. Al Nukheifi’s detention was arbitrary (A/HRC/WGAD/2019/71, paras. 76, 83, 90, 95) and raised particular concern about the reprisals against him for his consultation with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty (para. 93). Special procedure mandate holders have addressed his situation repeatedly with the relevant authorities.115 According to information received by OHCHR, on 7 January 2025, Mr. Essa al-Nukheifi was reportedly released, more than two years after the completion of his 6-year prison term. He is reportedly under a 6-year travel ban. 116. The case of Ms. Loujain Al-Hathloul, a woman human rights defender, was included in the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 reports of the Secretary-General116 on allegations of disappearance, detention and torture following her engagement with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in March 2018. In June 2020, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found her detention arbitrary (A/HRC/WGAD/2020/33). In December 2020, Ms. Al-Hathloul was sentenced on national security related charges (SAU 3/2021).117 On 10 February 2021, she was released from prison on probation for three years and subjected to a travel ban.118 The Committee and special procedure mandate holders have raised her situation repeatedly with the relevant authorities, 112 A/HRC/21/18, paras. 35–37; A/HRC/24/29, para. 42; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 92; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, para. 114; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 119–120, A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, paras. 130–131, A/HRC/57/60, Annex II, para. 156. 113 SAU 13/2021, SAU 12/2017, SAU 4/2016, SAU 11/2014, SAU 5/2013, SAU 8/2013, SAU 7/2012, SAU 10/2022. See government reply at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37348. 114 A/HRC/39/41, para. 65 and Annex I, paras. 95–96, 98. A/HRC/42/30, para. 74 and Annex II, para. 93; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 115–116; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 120–121; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 132–135. A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 132–135. 115 SAU 10/2022 SAU 6/2021, 13/2021, SAU 12/2017, SAU 4/2016. 116 A/HRC/42/30, para. 73 and Annex I, paras. 91–93; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 110–111; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 114–116, A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 128–129 ; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, paras 132-133 ; A/HRC/57/60, Annex II, paras 157-159. 117 https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=36216. 118 https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/02/bachelet-updates-human-rights-council-recent-human-rightsissues-more-50-countries?LangID=E&NewsID=26806. 66