A/HRC/39/41 detailed identity checks. They included 14 direct cases of Cubans informed by officials that the computer system required extra screening. Those measures have resulted in passengers missing their flights and therefore the meetings. Special procedures mandate holders have raised individual cases (CUB 1/2018). On 4 April 2018, the Government responded to the allegations. 35. The Assistant Secretary-General addressed the allegations referred to above in writing on 11 April 2018. On 10 May 2018, the Government responded to the allegations. Democratic Republic of the Congo 36. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported multiple incidents of intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the Mission, especially the team of joint human rights officers, in relation to incidents perpetrated by the Agence nationale de renseignements, the Forces armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, local police and others. Djibouti 37. It was reported to OHCHR that Mr. Kadar Abdi Ibrahim, a human rights defender, was unable to participate in the review of Djibouti by the Working Group on the universal periodic review, held on 10 May 2018. Four Member States expressed their concern to the Government of Djibouti during the session (see A/HRC/39/10, paras. 54, 64, 84 and 104). Egypt 38. Various United Nations actors took action on the initial disappearance and later detention of Mr. Ebrahim Abdelmonem Metwally Hegazy of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared, who was on his way to meet the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Geneva in September 2017. The case was addressed multiple times by special procedures mandate holders (EGY 14/2017, A/HRC/WGEID/109/1, para. 35, and see also A/HRC/WGEID/114/1, para. 56)17 and the Assistant Secretary-General.18 39. Several special procedures mandate holders addressed the prolonged pretrial detention of Ms. Hanane Baderraddine Abdalhafez Othman of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared, who had documented cases for the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances over nine months and allegations of her being denied medical attention while in prison (EGY 4/2018 and A/HRC/WGAD/2017/78, paras. 89–93). On 31 July 2018 the Government responded to the allegations. Guatemala 40. On 30 November 2017, special procedures mandate holders raised concerns regarding allegations of criminal charges against Mr. Jerson Xitumul Morales, a journalist who had collaborated with OHCHR in Guatemala, providing information on the human rights situation in Izabal (GTM 6/2017). On 15 January 2018, the Government responded. 41. The High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed support for the national human rights institution (Procurador de Derechos Humanos).19 This followed alleged attempts by the Government to undermine the independence of the institution because of its support for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. The Ombudsman, Mr. Augusto Jordán Rodas Andrade, has faced smear campaigns and threats to his family. 17 18 19 OHCHR, “UN rights experts dismayed by arrest of Egyptian lawyer Ebrahim Metwally en route to meet them” (15 September 2017). OHCHR, “Report highlights rising reprisals against human rights defenders cooperating with the UN” (20 September 2017). Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the end of his mission to Guatemala (19 November 2017). 9