A/HRC/57/60 71. In another incident, UNSMIL documented a case of a human rights defender who received death threats online from Facebook pages belonging to Salafist groups due to his engagement with the United Nations. 72. At the beginning of March, a human rights defender was summoned to meet with agents of the General Intelligence Service and was questioned about his human rights activities as well as his visits to the United Nations compound in Tripoli. His passport was confiscated, and he was notified of a travel ban until further notice. He was also informed that his interactions with the United Nations and international governmental organizations could be considered as a hostile action to the State and an act of espionage punishable by heavy penalties. 73. During the reporting period, a political activist and member of a political party, who actively engaged on consultations around the elections, left the country due to threats from State actors that he would be rearrested. In the past, the individual had been arbitrarily arrested, questioned about his cooperation with the United Nations and tortured while in custody. 74. UNSMIL also documented concerns expressed by women human rights defenders of fear of reprisals for engaging or attempting to engage with the United Nations. In particular, they received threats by state and non-state actors in relation to their women’s rights and gender-related work including with the United Nations, and they did not feel safe to file official complaints on this matter with relevant authorities. 75. According to information received by OHCHR, some representatives of Libyan-based organizations did not attend a round table hosted by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Geneva on 6 and 7 February 2024, due to fear of reprisals. The roundtable was a closed-door and non-public event that aimed at providing technical assistance for advancing the promotion and protection of freedom of association in Libya, in accordance with international human rights law and standards. According to information received by OHCHR, an online campaign against the roundtable and those attending was launched on social media two days before the event. The online campaign allegedly described the roundtable organized by the Special Rapporteur as an event promoting the human rights of lesbian, gays, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI) and portrayed also civil society organizations and actors and anyone attending it as supporters of feminism and the human rights of LGBTI persons. Reportedly, the campaign included messages urging the Internal Security Agency (ISA) to investigate those attending. Following the social media campaign, some Libyan-based organizations cancelled their participation due to fear that engagement with the Special Rapporteur in that context, would put them at risk of reprisals. 76. In another instance, according to information received by OHCHR the family members of a civil society actor that engaged with United Nations during the reporting period were visited and threatened by the ISA in relation to the UN cooperation of their relative. 77. During the reporting period, multiple UN actors expressed concerns about the erosion of or increased restrictions on civic space, an excessive control by authorities and security actors over civil society21 as well as lack of progress in enabling a broad, free, and safe civic space.22 13. Nicaragua 78. On 24 April 2023, Mr. Brooklyn Rivera, Indigenous leader and at the time Deputy of the National Assembly for the YATAMA23 political party, was not allowed to board a plane and return to Nicaragua following his statement24 and participation at the 22nd Session 21 22 23 24 28 S/2023/967 para. 83 and S/2023/589, para. 44 and 94. https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/03/turks-global-update-human-rightscouncil. Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka. https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k1a1j9wo9h (time stamp 01:16:50). GE.24-14259