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-
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182
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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.
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