Tariq al Sabbahi
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2015-033-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2015
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.4735329
Longitude: 55.975413
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Oman
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 29 September 2014
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
On 29 September 2014, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, with two other mandate holders, referred to allegations of reprisals against Tariq al Sabbahi in relation to his visit to the country from 8 to 13 September 2014 (A/HRC/28/85, case OMN 2/2014).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- before 11 September 2014
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 10 September 2014; 11 September 2014; 14 September 2014
- Reprisal information
On 10 and 11 September, after having met with the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Al Sabbahi received a telephone call summoning him to meet with officers from the internal security department. On 14 September, during the meeting, the internal security officers reportedly informed him that he was forbidden from contacting the Special Rapporteur or United Nations staff members, threatened him with legal action and affirmed that such contacts could be authorized only by the Human Rights Commission of Oman
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 16 December 2014
- Government response content
he Government, in its response of 16 December, denied the allegations of harassment, and explained that the main purpose of the meeting had been to “discuss the comments Tariq had made on the human rights situation in Oman in light of the contact he had with the Special Rapporteur” and that “the current procedures of the National Human Rights Committee allow individuals to submit any comments they may wish to make concerning human rights issues [...] so that individuals do not have to address those foreign organizations themselves” (ibid.).
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0