A/HRC/48/28 defenders, including those facing reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations. 105 The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted that two women who had allegedly suffered reprisals for engaging with the United Nations (see annex II) were among the many cases brought before the Working Group in recent years concerning arbitrary detention in the United Arab Emirates, and that that pattern indicated a systemic problem.106 119. Mandate holders commented on Law No. 7 on Combatting Terrorism Offences (2014), noting that its overly broad definitions of terrorist organizations might severely curtail the work of human rights defenders, including their ability to engage in international forums.107 120. Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of Mr. Ahmed Mansoor, Ms. Maryam Soulayman Al-Ballushi, Ms. Amina Alabduli and Mr. Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui. 121. On 17 August 2021, the Government responded. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 122. Multiple United Nations actors addressed allegations of intimidation and reprisal against human rights defenders and civil society actors who cooperated or were perceived as cooperating with the United Nations, in particular those implementing United Nations humanitarian programmes. They noted that non-governmental organizations were labelled as “criminals”, “mercenaries”, “thieves”, “terrorists” and “enemies of the State”, including in United Nations forums and on Government-affiliated online portals. 123. The independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela called for protection guarantees to ensure that there were no reprisals against those who had provided information to the fact-finding mission and their family members. 108 According to information received by OHCHR, the detention conditions of some individuals worsened following their cooperation with the United Nations, including after the inclusion of their cases in the report of the fact-finding mission, such as those of navy captain Mr. Luis de la Sotta.109 124. Special procedure mandate holders, including the independent international factfinding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, addressed the stigmatization of the following five non-governmental organizations and two individuals by high-ranking State officials following their cooperation with the United Nations: Comité de Familiares de Víctimas del Caracazo; Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social; Centro de Justicia y Paz; Control Ciudadano and its director Ms. Rocío San Miguel; and Espacio Público and its director Mr. Carlos Correa. 125. Mandate holders addressed the arbitrary detention and subsequent release of the following five members of the non-governmental organization Azul Positivo, which provides humanitarian aid to people living with HIV/AIDS, in connection to their work as implementing partners of the United Nations: Mr. Johan Manuel León Reyes; Mr. Yordy Tobias Bermúdez Gutierrez; Mr. Layners Christian Gutierrez Díaz; Mr. Alejandro Gómez Di Maggio; and Mr. Luis Ramón Ferrebuz Canbrera. 110 Multiple United Nations actors, 111 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 See https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26735&LangID=E#:~:te xt=GENEVA%20(10%20February%202021)%20%E2%80%93,urged%20authorities%20to%20relea se%20them. A/HRC/WGAD/2020/61, para. 95. ARE 6/2020; and A/HRC/40/52, paras. 60–61 and 65. See A/HRC/45/33. See also https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1sv4d3zve. Conference room paper of the fact-finding mission, entitled “Detailed findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”, paras. 760–797. VEN 1/2021; and see https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=35987. See https://www.unaids.org/es/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2021/january/2021 0129_venezuela; https://mobile.twitter.com/onuvenezuela/status/1355133629177982980; 17