A/HRC/42/30 Sri Lanka 75. OHCHR reported that harassment or surveillance of defenders and victims of violations continued, including questioning by authorities after trips to attend Human Rights Council sessions and intimidation (see A/HRC/40/23, para. 55). Death threats during Council sessions and side events by different groups were also reported. On 2 August 2018, special procedures mandate holders addressed allegations of harassment, including online attacks, against Ms. Sandya Ekneligoda in reprisal for her efforts to seek the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her husband (LKA 2/2018), disappeared journalist Mr. Prageeth Ekneligoda, whose case was registered by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in 2010. Tunisia 76. It was reported to OHCHR that in January 2019 the National Union of Tunisian Journalists had been subjected to online harassment for promoting the use of the United Nations special procedures, in the context of its monitoring of attacks against journalists. A complaint against the security forces representative allegedly responsible was submitted, on the basis of the revised Press Code. Turkmenistan 77. On 27 November 2018, special procedures mandate holders addressed alleged reprisals against Ms. Daria Atdaeva for her cooperation with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances regarding the disappearance of her husband, Mr. Annamurad Nurmukhammedovich Atdaev, in 2017 (TKM 2/2018). On 25 June 2019, the Government responded. United Arab Emirates 78. It was reported that Mr. Ahmad Ali Mekkaoui, a Lebanese citizen, had been placed in solitary confinement, his family visits restricted and additional legal action initiated against him and his relatives after the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found his detention arbitrary (see A/HRC/WGAD/2017/47) in August 2017 and his case and the opinion were publicized on the Al Araby television channel in December 2018. 79. It was reported to OHCHR that the conditions of three women – Ms. Alya Abdulnoor, Ms. Maryam Soulayman Al-Ballushi and Ms. Amina Alabduli – had worsened after information was shared with the United Nations. On 12 February 2019, special procedures mandate holders had raised allegations of torture and ill-treatment owing to the conditions of detention and lack of appropriate medical treatment for the three women (ARE 2/2019). Ms. Abdulnoor died in custody on 4 May 2019, despite pleas from the United Nations for assistance.60 Annex II contains allegations of continued reprisals against Mr. Ahmed Mansoor, Mr. Osama Al-Najjar and Mr. Mohamad Ismat Mohamad Shaker Az. Uzbekistan 80. It was reported that defender Ms. Tatyana Dovlatova and several other women activists had been prevented from attending the Asian Forum on Human Rights in Samarkand in November 2018, organized by the National Human Rights Centre and coorganized by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia and the United Nations country team. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 81. In March and April 2019, medical personnel, human rights defenders and members of students’ movements who had cooperated with OHCHR during its first visit to the country in March 2019 reportedly suffered physical attacks, harassment and public stigmatization. Those affected included Dr. Ronnie Villasmil, Mr. Marlon Jesús Díaz 60 https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24214&LangID=E and https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24570&LangID=E. 15