A/HRC/39/41 25. Thailand 103. On 30 June 2017, three special procedures mandate holders raised urgent concerns about allegations of intimidation against Mr. Maitree Chamroensuksakul, a Lahu indigenous human rights defender from a hill tribe group in the border between the north of Thailand and Myanmar (THA 4/2017). According to information received, Mr. Chamroensuksakul was subject to harassment and death threats following a meeting he had with Mr. Michel Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, on 27 May 2017during his academic visit to Thailand. Mr. Chamroensuksakul had been documenting and publicly raising concerns of human rights violations committed against the Lahu community by law enforcement officers. In particular, he was seeking justice for the killing of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a 17-year old Lahu youth activist who was shot dead by military personnel on 17 March 2017 during an alleged anti-drug operation in Ban Kong Phak Ping village. Mr. Chamroensuksakul posted a photo of himself with the Special Rapporteur on his Facebook page. 104. On 29 May 2017, two days after Mr. Chamroensuksakul met with the Special Rapporteur, the police from Provincial Region 5 and Chiang Mai conducted a joint largescale search operation of Ban Kong Phak Ping village, with a warrant issued by Chiang Mai Provincial Court, supposedly aimed at searching for drugs. The authorities searched nine houses, including Mr. Chamroensuksakul’s house, which they raided while he was not home. Two of his family members were arrested and charged with drug possession, and both were denied access to a lawyer during their interrogation by the police. At the time of writing the Government had not responded to the special procedures’ urgent appeal of 30 June 2017. 105. It was reported that in August 2017, Ms. Sirikan Charoensiri, of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, was charged with the offences of giving false information regarding a criminal offence. Four special procedures mandate holders had raised concerns on 11 April 2017 that the charges she received, sedition and gathering five or more people for political purposes under the criminal code, may be directly linked to her cooperation with the United Nations, particularly her participation in the thirty-third session of the Human Rights Council in September 2016 (THA 2/2017). It is reported that, if found guilty, she could face up to 15 years in jail and could be tried in a military court for a sedition charge. 106. Ms. Charoensiri also participated in the March 2017 session of the Human Rights Committee, where she publicized her legal advocacy efforts. She had represented 14 student activists arrested by the Thai authorities for their alleged participation in peaceful protests in June 2015, following the military coup in May 2014. She is also engaged in awareness-raising on law and human rights issues related to the enforcement of martial law and the orders of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). In February 2016, Ms. Charoensiri had been charged with the offences of refusing to comply with the order of an official and concealing of evidence and, in September 2016, upon return from the Human Rights Council, she was further charged under the National Council for Peace and Order and with sedition. The Government responded on 10 August 2017 to the special procedures' communication of 11 April 2017, stating that Ms. Charoensiri was not charged due to her capacity as a lawyer or human rights defender, but on the basis of the possibility of her being one of the principals or accomplices in committing alleged offenses under article 12 of the NCPO Order No. 3/2015 and article 16 of the Criminal Code. 107. During his visit to Thailand in March 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights addressed allegations of intimidation and reprisals to the Government, and wrote a follow up letter on 27 April 2018. At the time of writing no response had been received from the Government. 26. Trinidad and Tobago 108. On 21 July 2017, three special procedures mandate holders raised concerns about the deprivation of liberty of Mr. Zaheer Seepersad in St. Ann��s Psychiatric Hospital and other patients living with a psychosocial disability (TTO 2/2017). Mr. Seepersad was born in 1987 with dystonia, a physical impairment due to a neurological movement disorder. On 20 November 2017, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued Opinion No. GE.18-13325 37