A/HRC/60/62 its human rights activism, including engagement with the United Nations. Since 2015, mandate holders have raised concerns, including publicly, over the arrest, filing of criminal charges for terrorism and national security related crimes, travel bans and assets freeze of EIPR staff in connection to their human rights work. Those targeted have included Mr. Hossam Bahgat 17 , three former directors of EIPR, Mr. Gasser Abdel Rakez, Mr. Karim Ennarah and Mr. Mohamed Basheer,18 and another EIPR staff, Mr. Patrick Zaki, who was sentenced to three years in prison for an article he wrote on religious discrimination in Egypt. Mr Zaki was pardoned after spending nearly two years in prison19. 48. On 20 December 2024, mandate holders addressed allegations of continued harassment and transnational repression of Ms. Basma Mostafa in connection with her participation in an international advocacy program for human rights and her meetings with United Nations human rights mechanisms and OHCHR. Ms. Mostafa is an Egyptian investigative journalist and human rights defender who has been in exile since November 2020. (EGY 6/2024) The alleged harassment and transnational repression relate to acts by Egyptian State agents or agents apparently acting on behalf, or with the acquiescence, of Egyptian State authorities in Germany, Kenya, Lebanon, and Switzerland since 2020. (EGY 6/2024) 49. On 16 June 2024, in the context of Ms. Mostafa’s participation in an international advocacy program for human rights defenders in Geneva and meetings with United Nations human rights mechanisms and OHCHR, an individual reportedly followed Ms. Mostafa to the hotel where she was staying. The following day, there was an attempt to hack her social media account by an unknown actor. On 18 June 2024, a man reportedly approached her, stating that he knew she was Egyptian and that he was a police officer who could arrest her on the spot. These incidents were reported to the Swiss authorities (EGY 6/2024). 50. Mandate holders raised concerns about the repeated and prolonged harassment, acts of intimidation, and cyberattack attempts against Ms. Mostafa, which appear to indicate that she is a victim of transnational repression in direct retribution for her work as a journalist and human rights defender and expressed deep concern that these acts may constitute acts of intimidation or reprisal for her cooperation with the United Nations and its mechanisms in the field of human rights. (EGY 6/2024) Mandate holders also expressed concerns about the arrest, detention, alleged enforced disappearance, and allegedly baseless charges brought against Ms. Mostafa, in direct connection with her work as a journalist and human rights defender, which ultimately forced her into exile (EGY 6/2024). 51. On 14 July 2025, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report noting that it respects the rule of law and the separation of powers and ensures compatibility of national legislation with its obligations under international law. It further stated that the Egyptian Public Prosecution is an independent judicial authority and that charges are made and law enforcement and judicial measures are undertaken based only on incontrovertible evidence. It also noted that it does not exercise its law enforcement jurisdiction except through the established legal channels either through Interpol or the execution of agreements on criminal or judicial cooperation, depending on each specific case. 9. Indonesia 52. On 26 March 2024, in its concluding observation on the second periodic report of Indonesia, the Human Rights Committee recommended that the State should conduct prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into all reports of harassment, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice and, if convicted, punished with penalties commensurate with the seriousness of the offence, and that human rights defenders are able to carry out their work in a safe and enabling environment.20 17 EGY 16/2015, EGY 6/2016, EGY 15/2020, EGY 2/2022. EGY 15/2020, EGY 2/2022. 19 EGY 6/2020, EGY 10/2020, EGY 15/2020, EGY 2/2022. 20 CCPR/C/IDN/CO/2, para. 33b. 18 25