A/HRC/36/31 Hedme Castro, the general coordinator of the association, was briefly held at Tegucigalpa airport where she was preparing to board a flight to Geneva to participate in the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council. Ms. Castro was reportedly questioned about her activities scheduled in Geneva and the human rights-related complaints she intended to make. Ms. Castro was also reportedly subjected to further acts of intimidation, in April and May, when the tyres on her car were slashed and when she was assaulted during a demonstration against a mining company. Special procedures took action in response to these allegations and have been in contact with the Government. The Assistant Secretary-General has also addressed cases with the Government. 38. On 29 June 2017 the Government responded that, according to the Ministry of Internal Security, no requests for specific protection measures had been received from Ms. Castro. The prosecutor’s office and the national commissioner both opened an investigation into the questioning and holding of Ms. Castro at the airport, but have not been able to contact her. 9. India 39. Allegations were received about intimidation and reprisals against Khurram Parvez in relation to his cooperation with the Human Rights Council, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the universal periodic review mechanism. These reprisals allegedly took the form of a travel ban and arbitrary arrest and detention. Special procedures took action on these allegations and have been in contact with the Government in that regard (A/HRC/34/75, para. 10, IND 7/2016 and IND 9/2016). 40. On 14 September 2016, Mr. Parvez went to the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi to travel to Geneva to attend the thirty-third session of the Human Rights Council in which the Working group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances was presenting its report. He was also planning to hold an event on the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Parvez was reportedly stopped at the airport, held for two hours, and informed that he would not be allowed to travel. On 15 September 2016, the police took him to the Kothi Bhag police station and detained him. On 16 September 2016, two special procedure mandates expressed their concerns about allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention, intimidation and a travel ban issued against Mr. Parvez in alleged reprisal for cooperating with human rights mechanisms, in particular, concerning the documentation and litigation of human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and the submission of communications and urgent appeals to the special procedures on behalf of victims of human rights violations as well as the recent submission provided by his organization to the United Nations for the upcoming universal periodic review (A/HRC/34/75, IND 7/2016). 41. In its response dated 29 September 2016, the Government disputed that Mr. Parvez was a human rights defender, and stated that he has been working against the interests of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, has been involved in anti-India activities and has incited youth to violence. The Government further stated that Mr. Parvez had been in touch with secessionist leaders and has incited individuals to violent protests in the aftermath of the July 2016 unrest. 42. In a letter dated 11 October 2016, mandate holders reiterated their continuing preoccupations and expressed concern at the very broad and vague nature of the accusations contained in the Government’s reply (A/HRC/34/75, IND 9/2016). They were also concerned at the implication that Mr. Parvez was not a human rights defender or that he would pretend to be one, despite his longstanding and positive engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. At the time of the finalization of the present report, no further response had been received from the Government. 10. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43. In presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/HRC/34/40), the Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that reprisals against individuals cooperating or having established contact with United Nations human rights mechanisms had been reported. In the report, it 22