A/HRC/39/41 implementation of the Committee’s decision in the present case (CAT/C/62/3 of 20 February 2018 and CAT/C/63/3). 39. On 6 June 2018, the Government confirmed that the complainant was released from detention on 16 May 2018, after more than three-and-a-half years of arbitrary detention. He is reported to be awaiting resettlement to the Netherlands where his family resides. 40. In the 2016 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/33/19, para. 26), it was reported that on 22 March 2016 three special procedures mandate holders raised concerns with the Moroccan authorities over allegations of reprisals against Ms. El Ghalia Djimi, an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fishing of Morocco and member of the l’association Sahraouie des victimes des graves violations des droits de l’homme commises par l’état du Maroc, l’ASVDH (A/HRC/33/32, MAR 1/2016). In the 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, Annex para. 6) it was reported that Mr. Michel Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, in his report on observations on communications, reiterated concerns that Ms. Djimi did not receive authorization to leave the country to travel to the thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva (see A/HRC/34/52/Add.1, para 722). The mandate holder further expressed concern that the case of Ms. El Ghalia Djimi is not isolated, but is rather representative of a larger trend of reprisals, harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders. Information was subsequently received that Ms. El Ghalia Djimi was able to attend the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council. 41. It was further reported that after the participation of Ms. Djimi in a session of the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances on 30 April 2018 in Geneva, she was subject to reprisals in the form of online defamation on a Moroccan website “Sahrawikileaks.com.” It was also reported that Ms. Mina Baali, also a member of the association, participated in the Human Rights Council at the June 2017 session, and believes because of this, she has become subject to reprisals at her place of employment. 12. Myanmar 42. The case of Mr. Khaing Myo Htun (also known as Mr. Khine Myo Htun), a human rights defender who had reported on forced labour cases in Rakhine State, was addressed by four special procedures mandate holders (A/HRC/34/75, MMR 2/2016, MMR 7/2017) and included in the September 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 43 and Annex, paras. 53-55). On 8 September 2017 the Government responded to the special procedures communication (MMR 7/2017) pertaining to the charges related to defamation and incitement. It is alleged that the arrest and detention of Mr. Khaing Myo Htun was linked to his cooperation with Ms. Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, with whom he met during her visit in June 2016 shortly before his detention. The charges against him relate to a written statement issued on 24 April 2016 by the Arakan Liberation Party, of which Mr. Khaing Myo Htun is a member, claiming that the Myanmar Army had engaged in severe human rights violations, including forced labour, forced land relocation, hostage taking, and arbitrary beatings and ill-treatment of combatants. 43. The ILO Governing Body noted in its report of 7 February 2018 that it remained deeply concerned that on 12 October 2017, Mr. Khaing Myo Htun, was convicted of defamation and incitement under section 505 of the Penal Code and sentenced to 18 months in jail, following eight months in detention during his trial. Ms. Lee, in her March 2018 report to the Human Rights Council, noted that he was convicted of disturbing public tranquillity and incitement under Sections 505(b) and (c) in October 2017 for allegations he made about forced labour the Myanmar security forces. Subsequently, after 19 months Mr. Htun was released on 22 February 2018 (see A/HRC/37/70, para. 15). 13. Pakistan 44. On 26 July 2017, four special procedures mandate holders sent an urgent appeal to the Government alleging threats and acts of intimidation against Mr. Adil Ghaffar, a lawyer and human rights defender who has brought to the attention of the United Nations human rights mechanisms, cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances 50 GE.18-13325