A/HRC/39/41 71. During his visit to Thailand in March 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General addressed allegations to the Government and followed up with a letter on 27 April 2018. Trinidad and Tobago 72. On 21 July 2017, special procedures mandate holders raised concerns about the deprivation of liberty of Zaheer Seepersad in St. Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital and other individuals living with a psychosocial disability (TTO 2/2017). They expressed serious concern about the persistent harassment, intimidation and threats to which Mr. Seepersad had been subjected for bringing his claims to the attention of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (see A/HRC/WGAD/2017/68, para. 34–35). Turkey 73. Information was received that on 20 August 2017, the web pages administered by the Housing and Land Rights Network - Habitat International Coalition had suffered a series of alleged cyberattacks, which were repeated in September 2017 and April 2018, which the Network believed were a reprisal following publicity relating to their report to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). 74. Kursat Çevik, a Turkish police superintendent, was the subject of an opinion adopted on 16 June 2017 by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, following which the Turkish pro-Government media circulated information distorting the opinion of the Working Group and containing various accusations against Mr. Çevik, who also reportedly faced reprisals in his place of detention (see A/HRC/39/45, para. 28). On 31 July 2018, the Government responded to the allegations. Turkmenistan 75. On 18 May 2018 during a regional meeting in Kyrgyzstan, the Assistant SecretaryGeneral engaged with human rights defenders from four countries of Central Asia, but said he regretted that the United Nations had not felt able to invite representatives from Turkmenistan to that meeting for fear that they might face intimidation or reprisals from their Government for cooperation with the Organization.29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 76. According to information received, representatives of the Government of Venezuela allegedly threatened and harassed civil society representatives serving as panellists at a side event during the thirty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council on 6 June 2017. 77. On 19 January 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General addressed allegations in writing to the Government. VI. Conclusions and recommendations 78. When I addressed the Human Rights Council in February 2018, I affirmed that we should all be deeply shocked and angered by the extent to which civil society actors suffer reprisals, intimidation and attack because of their work, including when they engage with the United Nations system (SG/SM/18912-HRC/26). As demonstrated by the number of allegations contained in the present report, reported acts of intimidation and reprisal against those seeking to cooperate or having cooperated with the United Nations on human rights continue to occur and remain of grave concern. At the same time, the Organization is aware that the cases of intimidation and reprisals included in the report are but a fraction of those that regularly occur. A number of cases have been omitted for security reasons and a concern for the individual or organization involved, and it is believed that many incidents go unreported. 29 14 See www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23109&LangID=E.