A/HRC/48/28 Criminal Procedures (CRPC) for his activities against the public order and that he has been found to be instigating and executing violent acts and disturbances since 2016. The Government stated that his detention, which they state is justified by the 1978 Jammu and Kashmir Safety Act, is lawful and he is provided medical assistance and access to family with no obstacles to legal assistance, subject to security requirements. 72. Regarding the FCRA, the Government stated the Act was enacted for the regulation of the acceptance and utilization of foreign contributions or foreign hospitality by individuals, associations or companies to ensure these funds are not detrimental to the national interest. The Financial Action Task Force requires that non-profit organizations not be used for the financing of terrorism. The FCRA registration of the CSD has been assessed and suspended as it was found to be in violation of the FCRA. 13. Iraq 73. The situation of members of Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, a civil society organization which documented cases of enforced disappearances in Iraq, including for their submission to the UN human rights mechanisms, have been included in successive reports of the Secretary-General. Special procedures mandate holders had raised concern about what seemed to be a pattern of reprisals against employees and volunteers of Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly for their engagement with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (IRQ 3/2018; IRQ 2/2018). Updates on the cases of Mr. Imad Amara, Mr. Imad Al Tamimi, Mr. Faisal Al Tamimi, Ms. Israa Al Dujaili, and Mr. Riyad Al Karawi were included in the 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 reports of the Secretary-General.179 74. During the reporting period, it was reported to OHCHR that, as a result of the ongoing threats and intimidation, Mr. Imad Amara left his work at Al Wissam and cut off all communication with his colleagues. In May 2020, Mr. Faisal Al Tamimi fled abroad, where groups allied to political parties in Iraq have reportedly subjected him and his family to further harassment and intimidation including threats to harm his son, who remains in Iraq. Ms. Israa Al Dujaili reportedly continues to face pressure, death threats and attacks on social media from members and supporters of Iraqi militias and certain political parties. Mr. Riyad Al Karawi has sought asylum abroad. 14. Israel 75. The case of Mr. Issa Amro, founder of Youth Against Settlements in Hebron and winner of the 2010 OHCHR Human Rights Defender of the Year in Palestine award, was included in the 2014 report of the Secretary-General. 180 Mr. Amro had engaged with the Human Rights Council in June 2013 and special procedures mandate holders addressed allegations that, upon Mr. Amro’s return to Israel in July 2013, Israeli soldiers confiscated his passport and he was beaten, threatened and handcuffed at a military police station in Hebron (ISR 7/2013). Reportedly, the Youth Against Settlements centre was invaded and Mr. Amro and three others shot at in front of the centre (A/HRC/27/38, para. 25). On 6 January 2021, Mr. Amro was convicted of six charges related to his human rights activities between 2010 and 2016 by an Israeli military court, 181 addressed by special procedures mandate holders.182 He was sentenced on 22 March 2021 by the Israeli military court in Ofer to a suspended sentence of three months’ imprisonment, which can be invoked within two years, and a fine. 76. The case of Mr. Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International campaigner on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), was included in the 2020 report of the Secretary- 179 180 181 182 64 A/HRC/42/30, para. 60, Annex I, paras. 58-61 and Annex II, para. 62; A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, paras. 28-29; A/HRC/36/31, Annex II, para. 4; and A/HRC/33/19, para. 24. A/HRC/27/38, para. 25. ISR 9/2016; ISR 3/2014. https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26688&LangID=E.

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