A/HRC/36/31 25. On 26 April 2017, a Uyghur human rights activist and member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, Dolkun Isa, who was attending the annual Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples at United Nations Headquarters in New York, was escorted from the premises pending further examination following the receipt of information from representatives of China alleging “security reasons”. As a result, Mr. Isa could not resume his participation in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. 5. Cuba 26. On 18 October 2016, some mandate holders raised with the Government allegations of harassment and reprisals against human rights defenders and members of the Cubalex Legal Information Center for their cooperation with the United Nations in the field of human rights (see A/HRC/34/75, para. 10 CUB 3/2016). The allegations were mainly in relation to the cooperation of the advocates with the Human Rights Council, its special procedures and the universal periodic review mechanism, who were stopped and questioned at the airport and harassed by immigration agents. 27. According to the allegations, between March and August 2016, the civil society members were stopped and questioned at the airport travelling to, or arriving back from human rights related activities. They experienced targeted harassment by immigration agents, including extensive scrutiny of travel documents, confiscation of electronic resources and documents, and interrogation about their activities. Additionally, on 23 September 2016, Cubalex Legal Information Center’s offices were raided by State authorities from four different judicial entities during a thirteen-hour operation in which the premises were searched, all electronic equipment was confiscated, and some of the staff members were subjected to body cavity searches and humiliating and degrading treatment (see CUB 3/2016). 28. On 14 December 2016, the Government responded stating that the persons mentioned do not qualify as human rights defenders under the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on human rights defenders; Cubalex receives financial support from the United States of America and carries out anti-Cuban activities; and the persons in question did not avail themselves of any existing complaint mechanisms in the country about the events described. 6. Egypt 29. Allegations of reprisals in the form of travel bans against human rights defenders attempting to participate in human rights meetings were acted upon by special procedure mandate holders (see A/HRC/34/75, para. 10 EGY 15/2016, press release of 24 November 2016c). Some of these allegations were related to participation in the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in training on gender equality and women’s rights. 30. On 22 November 2016, some special procedure mandate holders expressed concerns with the Government about a travel ban issued against two human rights defenders, Azza Soliman and Ahmed Ragheb (see A/HRC/34/75, EGY 15/2016, press release of 24 November 2016). On 19 November 2016, and based on a judicial order issued on 17 November 2016, at the Cairo International Airport, Ms. Soliman was prevented from travelling to Jordan in order to participate in training on gender equality and women’s rights. Ms. Soliman was not formally informed of the order or of the basis for the travel ban. 31. On 15 November 2016, Mr. Ragheb was prevented by passport control officials at Cairo International Airport from travelling to Morocco in order to attend the twenty-second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He was informed that the travel restriction was based on a judicial order issued against him in May 2016 by an investigative judge. At the time of the finalization of the present report, c 20 OHCHR, “Egypt steps up travel bans on rights defenders with “chilling effect”, 24 November 2016.