A/HRC/36/31 International Labour Organization or the meetings of the Copenhagen Framework Convention on Climate Change. Some actors have received threats, in some cases death threats, for merely having participated in training programmes organized by United Nations peacekeeping forces. 17. Some allegations of reprisals have been addressed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the Human Rights Council, OHCHR field presences and peace missions. As the senior official leading on response to reprisals, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights conducted meetings with State representatives and sent letters to Governments on cases where individuals engaging on human rights with OHCHR field presences were threatened owing to their activities by local authorities; on draft legislation restricting cooperation with foreign organizations without prior authorization; where individuals were prevented from cooperating with human rights mechanisms; where the accreditation of a human rights defender was revoked by the United Nations; or in cases of reprisals for cooperation with human rights components of peace missions. 18. Similarly, the past two Presidents of the Human Rights Council used their good offices to address allegations of intimidation and reprisals experienced by those engaging with the Council, such as travel bans, intimidation of civil society representatives by permanent missions, defamatory or threatening media campaigns, or harassment, arbitrary arrests or prosecution following engagement with the Council and its mechanisms, including directly with the diplomatic representatives of six countries. Such action helps to draw further attention to these cases and encourages positive action by Governments. B. Summary of cases 19. 1. Further information about the cases described below is available in annex I. Algeria 20. On 31 March 2017, some mandate holders raised concerns with the Government of Algeria over allegations of reprisals against Rafik Belamrania, founding member of Association pour les enfants des disparus forcés en Algerie – Mish’al, for publishing on Facebook, on 14 February 2017, a decision made by the Human Rights Committee regarding the summary execution of his father in 1995 (see A/HRC/36/25, para. 13, DZA 2/2017). 2. Bahrain 21. In the light of an ongoing trend of major harassment and intimidation against human rights defenders, the imposition of travel bans on selected individuals, the arrest, detention, and ill-treatment of targeted individuals, and one particular case involving sexual assault and torture as a form of reprisal, allegations were addressed by special procedure mandate holders and the President of the Human Rights Council who were in contact with the Government of Bahrein on these cases. The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights addressed allegations on cases in writing to the Government. Special procedures have expressed concerns about an orchestrated crackdown on civil society, stressing that the authorities have resorted to drastic measures to curb dissenting opinions, including reprisals for cooperating with the United Nations, and in particular with OHCHR (see A/HRC/34/75, para. 10, BHR 4/2016 and BHR 7/2016). 22. Several allegations were received by special procedures about travel bans allegedly imposed on human rights defenders for their cooperation with the United Nations and its mechanism of human rights, including with the Human Rights Council, and with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its twenty-second session, or human rights workshops. 23. On 21 June 2016, the spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed deep concern that Nabeel Rajab, a co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was arrested on 13 June 2016 for “spreading false news and rumours about the internal situation in a bid to discredit Bahrain”. He had been subject to a travel ban since at least January 2015. The High Commissioner is concerned that these and subsequent actions against Mr. Rajab are connected to his engagement with the Human Rights Council. 6