A/HRC/39/41 travel outside the Kingdom for a similar period. The Government did not address the allegations relating to reprisals. 16. Thailand 51. The 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 57 and Annex, paras. 78-79) noted that, in June 2016, grant recipients of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Ms. Porpen Khongkachonkiet and Mr. Somchai Homla -o r o f Cross-Cultural Foundation and Ms. Anchana Heemmina of Duay Jai Group, were subject to a legal complaint filed by the Royal Thai Army operating in the Southern Border Provinces for publishing a report in February 2016 entitled “Fifty-four cases of torture and illtreatment in the Deep South documented in 2014-2015,” funded in part by t h e Vo lu n tary Fund. They were consequently accused of publicizing false information on torture an d il ltreatment committed by military officials. The spokesperson of the Royal Thai Army in the region issued a public statement on 11 February 2016 accusing the organization of bias and of using outdated information to seek funding. 52. It is reported that the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 filed a lawsuit against them for defamation and publication of false information on the int ern et . On 1 July 2017, plainclothes men believed to be military personnel visited M s. Hemmin a and warned her not to post comments about human rights violations on social media. Further to advocacy efforts related to the allegations, in November 2017, the ISOC 4 withdrew the defamation charges against Ms. Porpen Khongkachonkiet, Mr. Somchai Homla-or, and Ms. Anchana Heemmina. The charges were dropped by the Pattani Provincial Prosecutor. 53. On 13 September 2017 four special procedures mandate holders noted that Ms. Angkhana Neelapaijit, Ms. Porpen Khongkachonkiet and Ms. A nchana Heemmin a, among others, were also reportedly subject to an online smear campaign, accusing them o f bias and misinformation, and associating their human rights advocacy with the pro mo t ion of insurgency and separatist movements (THA 6/2017). Ms. Angkhana Neelapaijit is a Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand. Beginning in October 2016, the online blog “Conditions in South Thailand” regularly published con tent discrediting the work of Ms. Khongkachonkiet and Ms. Heemmina. Death threats were also posted online against Ms. Khongkachonkiet. 54. It was reported that on 14 February 2018, a case was opened ag ain st M r. Is maael Teh, founder of the Patani Human Rights Organization Network and a field o fficer s in ce 2013 for an investigation funded by the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 57 and Annex, paras. 78-79). Mr. Teh is respo nsib le fo r helping document 82 cases of allegations of torture that were submitt ed b y civ il s o ciet y representatives to the Committee Against Torture. Military officials of the Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 (ISOC Region 4) via the Pattani Provincial Police reportedly accused Mr. Teh of defamation following a television interview in which he recounted his own personal experience of torture while in military custody in Pattani province, in 2006. In October 2016, the Supreme Administrative Court had ruled t h at M r. Teh had been physically abused in military custody based on medical records, and ordered the Thai Royal Army to award him compensation. Mr. Teh’s interview was broadcast o n a Thai PBS program on 5 February 2018, after which he was accused of defaming the 4th Army Region and ISOC Region 4. 17. United Arab Emirates 55. Mr. Ahmed Mansoor, advisor to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Huma n Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division, was mentioned in the 2017 rep o rt of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 60 and Annex, paras. 84-85) and was the subject of actions by seven special procedures mandate holders (ARE 1/2017; ARE 7/2017). Mr. Mansoor is alleged to have suffered intimidation and reprisal for his collaboration with the Human Rights Council, the special procedures, the universal periodic review and the treaty bodies. Mr. Mansoor has experienced physical assaults, death threats, government surveillance, and since 2011, has been subject to a travel ban t o p revent h im engaging in person with United Nations human rights mechanisms. According t o rep ort s, 52 GE.18-13325