A/HRC/51/47 9. Djibouti 59. The case of Mr. Kadar Abdi Ibrahim, of the Mouvement pour la démocratie et la liberté (MoDEL), was included in the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports of the SecretaryGeneral75 on allegations of passport confiscation by the authorities related to his engagement with the UPR review of Djibouti in May 2018 (DJI 1/2018). In 2021, the Government responded stating that Mr. Ibrahim continues his anti-constitutional and illegal activities, that MoDEL receives funds from abroad and has connections with extremist movements, and it therefore reserves the right to restrict his movements.76 60. According to information received by OHCHR, as of 30 April 2022, Mr. Ibrahim’s passport remains confiscated by the Service de Documentation et Sécurité (SSD), which has hindered his human rights work and prevented further cooperation with the United Nations. The lack of passport reportedly forced Mr. Ibrahim to decline invitations during the reporting period to directly engage with partners and actors outside the country. 10. Egypt 61. Multiple United Nations actors during the reporting period addressed the targeting and prolonged detention of victims of alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, including based on counter-terrorism and national security legislation. 77 Special procedures mandate holders publicly denounced the misuse of counter-terrorism measures against civil society activists, lawyers, journalists, and human rights defenders,78 and called upon the Government to put a halt to it, review the legislation and “to ensure an open, secure and safe environment that is free from all acts of intimidation, harassment and reprisals”.79 62. The case of Mr. Ahmed Shawky Abdelsattar Mohamed Amasha, human rights defender and co-founder of the League for the Families of the Disappeared who supported families of those forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained, including by submitting cases to the Working Group of Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), was included in the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 reports of the Secretary-General80 on allegations of abduction, detention, and torture. In November 2017, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found Mr. Amasha’s detention arbitrary, requested his immediate release and called on the Government to provide him with full reparations in accordance with international law.81 On 4 October 2019, he was released on bail and required to report to the police station twice a week. On 17 June 2020, he was arrested by police officers and his whereabouts were unknown until 12 July 2020 when he appeared at the Office of the Supreme States Security Prosecutor for investigation on the charge of “joining a terrorist group” (Case No. 1360 of 2019). His whereabouts were again unknown until 7 December 2020, when Mr. Amasha was seen in a glass cell along with other detainees in Tora Maximum Security Prison II. He is reportedly summoned to appear before the Prosecutor every 15 days, who reportedly extends Mr. Amasha’s detention in absentia. 63. According to information received by OHCHR, between June and July 2020, Mr. Amasha was allegedly tortured, and his left ribs were broken while in custody. He allegedly 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 48 A/HRC/39/41, Annex I, para. 3; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 40–41 A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 42–43; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II paras. 38–39. A/HRC/48/28, Annex II para. 39. EGY 5/2021, EGY/8/2021, EGY 1/2022, A/HRC/WGAD/2021/45. See also CEDAW/C/EGY/CO/810, para. 30, https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/07/egypt-human-rights-defenders-heldincommunicado-face-spurious-charges-says, https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/12/unexperts-urge-release-rights-defenders-egypt-condemn-misuse-counter. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/12/un-experts-urge-release-rights-defenders-egyptcondemn-misuse-counter. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/07/egypt-human-rights-defenders-heldincommunicado-face-spurious-charges-says. A/HRC/36/31, para. 33, Annex I, para. 34; A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, para. 17–18, 21; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 45–46; A/HRC/45/36, para. 70 Annex II, paras. 44–46; A/HRC/48/28, para. 63, Annex, para. 42–43. A/HRC/WGAD/2017/78, paras. 89–91.