A/HRC/39/41 allegedly committed by State agents against members of the political party and mov ement Muttahida Quami Movement, including persons belonging to t he M oh ajirs co mmu n it y (PAK 5/2017). 45. According to the information received, Mr. Ghaffar’s home has been monitored an d he has received direct death threats from the twitter account @PakRangersFreePress. Th is account reportedly belongs to Pakistani Paramilitary Rangers, who have been accused of of serious human rights violations against MQM workers and ethnic Mohajirs. 46. The first threat received was on 1 July 2017, from a tweet referring to M r. Gh affar as a “traitor of Pakistan.” It stated that if someone needs his residential address and det ails about his family they should contact the sender. On 14 July 2017, Mr. Ghaffar received another message from the social media account @PakRangersFreePress, which asked “what punishment is fit for the traitor.” The special procedures expressed serious co ncern that these reported threats and acts of intimidation appear to be reprisals against Mr. Ghaffar at least in part due to his engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. At the time of writing there had been no response to the urgent appeal. 14. Rwanda 47. In the 2017 report of the Secretary-General it was noted that two special procedures mandate holders sent an urgent appeal to the Government (RWA 1/2017) o n 18 Jan u ary 2017, in response to allegations of kidnapping and intense daily interrogation against journalist and human rights defender Mr. Robert Mugabe (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 48 an d Annex, paras. 62 and 65) for his cooperation with the universal perio dic review and the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/35/44). 48. On 30 May 2018, Mr. David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, wrote to the Go v ernmen t in response to allegations that while Mr. Mugabe was travelling to Geneva to attend the 2017 United Nations Internet Governance Forum on 15 December 2017, he was stopped b y t h e authorities at the airport in Kigali and barred from leaving the country (RWA 1/ 2018). He was reportedly detained and questioned for several hours on accusations of “working against the state, treason, and spreading rumours to undermine the state…” based upon h is critical reporting published online. The police searched his bags and phone and questio ned him about his activities related to the Human Rights Council. He was releas ed aft er fo u r hours of questioning to return home. On 16 December 2017 he was reportedly s ummo n ed again to the police, and criminal investigations from January 2017 were reopen ed again st him, which could lead to formal charges. If convicted for treason, Mr. Mugabe co uld face 25 years in prison. At the time of writing the Government had not responded to the communications by the special procedures of 18 January 2017 and 30 May 2018. 15. Saudi Arabia 49. It was reported that on 16 September 2017, Mr. Issa Al-Hamid, of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) was arrested, following previous sentences imposed by the Saudi authorities during a crackdown on human rights defenders. The 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 49 and Annex, paras. 66-67) noted that three special procedures mandate holders took action on the case o f M r. A l -Hamid , who was sentenced to 11 years in prison followed by an 11-year travel b an an d a fin e o f 100,000 Riyals (SAU 8/2016). He was originally sentenced to nine years by the Specialized Criminal Court for having, inter alia “communicated with international organizations in order to harm the image of the State,” a charge that according to special procedures appear to also constitute acts of reprisal for cooperation with the United Nations. His sentence was increased by two years on 1 December 2016 by the Court of Appeal. 50. On 13 December 2016, three special procedures mandate holders ra is ed co ncerns over allegations of reprisals against Mr. Al-Hamid for cooperating with the United Nations (A/HRC/35/44, SAU 8/2016). In its reply dated 13 February 2017, the Government did no t address the case of Mr. Al-Hamid, as a response concerning his case h ad b een p rov ided already in relation to a previous communication (SAU 4/2016) in which th e Go v ern men t informed that he was sentenced by a lower court to nine years of imprisonment and a ban to GE.18-13325 51