A/HRC/60/62 OHCHR is closely following the case of Mr. Bendjamaa and is in contact with relevant authorities. 11. On 10 January 2024, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found the detention of Mr. Bendjamaa to be arbitrary (A/HRC/WGAD/2024/24, para 111, 116, 125). The decision included a reference from the source to a question by the judge on whether Mr. Bendjamaa had contacts with international organizations, to which he responded, among other things, that he was in contact with OHCHR (A/HRC/WGAD/2024/24, para 19). 12. On 27 February 2025, mandate holders addressed the re-arrest of Mr. Bendjamaa on 30 December 2024 and expressed serious concerns about the national security related charges brought against him on 2 January 2025. These charges, reportedly based on Articles 79, 96 and 196 bis of the Algerian Penal Code, were allegedly linked to his social media publications on human rights, in retaliation for the complaint he had filled against the national gendarmerie for the acts of torture he was reportedly subjected to during his first police custody in February 2023 (DZA 1/2025). The Government responded to mandate holders, noting that Mr. Bendjamaa has been under judicial supervision since 2 January 2025 for allegedly disseminating false information and inciting unauthorized protests, and that the investigation is still ongoing.8 13. On 16 July 2025, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report, requesting the removal of references to Mr. Kaddour Chouicha, Ms. Jamila Loukil and Mr. Ahmed Manseri noting that they had been released and were no longer subject to legal proceedings. It stated that Mr. Chouicha and Ms. Loukil had been acquitted of national security charges in 2024 and terrorism-related charges in 2025, are no longer subject to legal proceedings, and that no travel ban had been issued against Mr. Chouicha. The Government further noted that the Appeal Court upheld Mr. Mansari’s conviction and imposed a final one-year prison sentence. Regarding Mr. Bendjamaa, the Government referred to three legal cases. The first two are under cassation appeal: in the first, a six-month prison sentence was upheld on appeal; in the second, a two-year prison sentence was reduced on appeal to eight months. The third case remains under investigation. The Government also addressed two cases against Mr. Marik, including the one for which he has been placed in pretrial detention since February 2025. 2. Bahrain 14. During the period, mandate holders addressed the situation of Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Mr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and Mr. Hassan Mushaima, whose cases have been included in previous reports of the Secretary-General, on allegations of arbitrary arrest, torture and lengthy sentences on terrorism charges, following their engagement with the United Nations. Specifically, their situation was included in the 2011 and 2012 reports of the Secretary-General as well as in the 2021, 2023 and 2024 reports concerning Mr. Mushaima and since 2021 regarding Mr. Al-Khawaya and Mr. Al-Singace.9 15. Mr. Al-Khawaja, former Protection Coordinator of the NGO Frontline Defenders, Mr. Al-Singace, former Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy and Mr. Mushaima, former Secretary of the Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy, are currently serving a life sentence on terrorism related charges. Mr. Al-Singace has a disability and requires the use of a wheelchair. United Nations treaty bodies 10 and special procedure mandate holders have addressed the situation of 8 https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=38993. A/HRC/18/19, paras. 15–24;A/HRC/21/18, paras. 53–54; A/HRC/48/28 Annex II paras. 5–8; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II paras. 5–6 and 9 and 14; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, paras. 8–9. A/HRC/57/60, Annex II, paras. 9–13, 17-18; 10 E/C.12/BHR/CO/1, paras. 8–9. 9 46