A/HRC/14/19 the Islamic Republic of Iran, in an effort to assist the Iranian people to hold an open referendum. On 5 May 2009 he was reportedly subjected to beatings. 7. Israel 28. OHCHR has received information in relation to efforts by the Government of Israel to decrease financial support available to human rights organizations working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular those that cooperated with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/13/55, para. 46). In addition, a group of Israeli NGOs sent an open letter to senior officials of the Government of Israel, raising concerns related to increasing assaults on human rights organizations, including those that cooperated with the Fact-Finding Mission, and stating that senior Government officials and Israeli security authorities, subsequent to the submission of the report of the Fact-Finding Mission, have sought to undermine the legitimacy of and otherwise restrict the activities of civil society organizations working on human rights. In a meeting with senior United Nations officials in March 2010, Israel commented that these claims were without merit. Israel indicated that NGOs, both domestic and international, were an active part of the fabric of the country’s democracy and that there was no effort to “delegitimize” their important work. 8. Kenya 29. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions visited Kenya from 16 to 25 February 2009. In his mission report (A/HRC/11/2/Add.6), the Special Rapporteur said that “many of the human rights defenders who testified before the Special Rapporteur during his mission were threatened and harassed by members of the security forces and other Government officials. Two activists who had been particularly active in reporting on police death squads were murdered just two weeks after the mission ended. There has been a systematic attempt to silence criticism of Kenyan security forces” (summary). 30. More specifically, the Special Rapporteur has received the following information. In the days preceding the arrival of the Special Rapporteur in Kenya’s Western Province, representatives of the authorities told individuals not to speak with the Special Rapporteur about police and military abuses, and only to mention abuses by an armed group, the Sabaot Land Defence Force. On 17 February, officials told residents at one camp for internally displaced persons that the food aid upon which they depended would be jeopardized if they were critical of the military in their testimony to the Special Rapporteur. 31. On 18 February, staff of the Western Kenya Human Rights Watch (WKHRW) in Bungoma noticed the presence of intelligence officers outside their offices, where the Special Rapporteur was conducting interviews with victims and witnesses. On the following day, intelligence officers were outside the hotel where further interviews were being conducted. 32. On 19 February, officials visited the home of one representative of WKHRW (Eliu Siyoi Tendet) and asked him for the list of people who had testified before the Special Rapporteur. The military subsequently came to his home, but Mr. Tendet managed to escape. Another representative of WKHRW, Job Wahdalia, also received calls from officials asking for the names of those who testified. Mr. Wahdalia, Mr. Tendet and Eric Wambasi of WKHRW and Taiga Wanyanja of the Muratikho Torture Survivor’s Organisation all fled the area to ensure their safety. Subsequently, the families and colleagues of each of them have been harassed as to their whereabouts. 33. On 1, 2 and 4 March 2009, a week after the conclusion of the visit and after the Special Rapporteur had brought the matter to the attention to the Ministry of Foreign GE.10-13228 9