A/HRC/48/28 Burundi 43. The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi deplored the fact that persons who had worked with it had faced acts of intimidation and reprisal, 57 both inside Burundi and in neighbouring countries.58. 44. The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances noted a widespread fear of reprisals preventing the formal reporting and registration of enforced disappearances.59 The Human Rights Council called upon the Government to refrain from all acts of intimidation or reprisal against human rights defenders. 60 45. Annex II to the present report contains information on developments in the situations of Mr. Armel Niyongere, Mr. Dieudonné Bashirahishize, Mr. Vital Nshimirimana and Mr. Lambert Nigarura. Cambodia 46. Some 30 activists who gathered to submit a petition to OHCHR at its office in Phnom Penh were reportedly surveilled and harassed. The Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights raised the arrest of human rights defenders, including Ms. Eng Malai, detained by plain-clothes officials after leaving the OHCHR office in Phnom Penh.61 47. During an oral statement by Mr. Luon Sovath at the Human Rights Council, 62 delegates of the Permanent Mission of Cambodia and other States interrupted him and questioned his legitimacy and participation. 48. On 18 August 2021, the Government responded. Cameroon 49. The Permanent Representative of Cameroon referred to the non-governmental organization East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project – DefendDefenders as “financing” and “advocating” terrorism and being responsible for “several assassinations, kidnappings, attacks and destruction of property in Cameroon”, following the nongovernmental organization’s statement made at the 35th meeting of the forty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council.63 50. Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of Mr. Jan Joris Capelle and Mr. Elvis Brown Luma Mukuna, of Organic Farming for Gorillas Cameroon. 64 51. On 2 August 2021, the Government responded. Central African Republic 52. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) reported online attacks against a civil society representative, subsequent to participation in a Security Council briefing, and harassment against a minority ethnic group activist who sought protection from MINUSCA. Names and additional details are withheld for fear of further reprisals. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 A/HRC/45/32, para. 6. Conference room paper of the Commission of Inquiry, entitled “Conclusions détaillées de la Commission d’enquête sur le Burundi”, para. 14. A/HRC/45/13, para. 56. Human Rights Council resolution 45/19, para. 18. See https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26223&LangID=E. See also KHM 8/2020. See https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1ccl96tdz. See https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19hiwd13b and https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k10hozj9to. A/HRC/46/35, para. 76. See also https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Defenders/CFI_killings/submissions/civil-societies/csooffgo-eng-y.doc. 9