Bahraini civil society representatives seeking to cooperate with the UN
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-001-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.0667
Longitude: 50.5577
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Bahrain
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 16 June 2017
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Seeking to cooperate with the UN
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
ongoing trend of harassment and intimidation. Reprisals have taken the form of sweeping travel bans for at least 20 selected individuals, and the arrest, detention, sexual assault and torture and other forms of ill-treatment of other targeted individuals
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Physical attack: Rape/sexual aggression
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Travel restriction
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2019
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
The 2018 report of the Secretary-General included references by multiple United Nations actors to a general context of harassment and intimidation against Bahraini civil society representatives seeking to cooperate with the United Nations (A/HRC/39/41 paras. 29–30). Those individuals included Mr. Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei and some of his close relatives, Ms. Ebtesam Abdulhusain Ali-Alsaegh, and Mr. Nabeel Rajab (A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, paras. 1–6; Annex II, paras. 4–11). 2. During the reporting period, travel bans allegedly continued to be applied against those who wish to travel abroad, including to engage with the Human Rights Council. This prevented a number of civil society representatives based in Bahrain from participating in the 40th session of the Council in March 2019. Names of those affected are not put forward due to fear of further reprisals.
- Followup Trends 0
- Stayed same
- Did the government respond? 0
- No