A/HRC/39/41 24. Mr. Parvez was a source of information collected from June 2016 to April 2018 for an OHCHR report published in June 2018 on the human rights situation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir 6 and has reportedly suffered reprisals for his assistance. Defaming content against the JKCCS and Mr. Parvez is reportedly being circulated by a group that claims to have ISIS affiliation. The group has publicly incited death threats against Mr. Parvez and his family, and used slanderous language against the work of the JKCCS. 7. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25. The case of Ms. Raheleh Rahemipor was referred to in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para 37 and Annex, paras. 41-42. On 16 May 2018, four special procedures mandate holders raised concerns over allegations of reprisals in the form of continuous judicial harassment for her efforts in seeking the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her brother and his infant daughter (IRN 9/2018). Ms. Rahemipor is a 65 year-old human rights defender, the sister of Mr. Hossein Rahemipor and the aunt to his infant daughter, whose disappearances have been registered with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances since June 2016. 26. In February 2017, Ms. Rahemipor was sentenced by the Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to a year in prison “for spreading propaganda against the system.” In September 2017, she was arrested while her first case was still pending in the court of appeal. During her interrogation, she was allegedly pressured to withdraw the complaints that stand before the Working Group and in return the prosecution against her, would be stopped, which she refused. She was released on bail after being held in detention for one month. Similar concerns were raised in previous communications sent by the special procedures on 5 August 2016 (IRN 23/2016), on 22 November 2016 (IRN 29/2016), on 26 January 2017 (IRN 3/2017) and on 18 September 2017 (IRN 27/2017). A reference to her case was included in the February 2018 report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Iran (see A/HRC/37/24, para.47). A response by the Government was received on 27 October 2017 but it did not address the allegation that Ms. Rahemipor is being judicially harassed as a form of reprisal because she registered the disappearance of her brother and niece with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. 27. On 5 May 2018, it was further reported that Ms. Rahemipor was tried by the Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court on the same charge as in February 2017, of “spreading propaganda against the system” for informing the Working Group about the cases of her relatives and for participating in peaceful protests with other activists, where she held a poster reading “You killed my brother. What did you do with his child?” During the court session, the judge humiliated and verbally abused her for having communicated with organizations outside Iran including United Nations bodies. The judge said that the authorities made a mistake by releasing her on bail in the first case against her, and that she should have been kept in prison. While she is awaiting the outcome of this new trial, her other case in the appeal court is still pending. 8. Iraq 28. In the 2016 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/33/19, para. 24), it was noted that on 13 April 2016, three special procedures mandate holders raised concerns over allegations of reprisals against Mr. Imad Amara and Mr. Faisal al-Tamimi, of Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, an NGO that documents cases of enforced disappearances in Iraq and submits them to the United Nations human rights mechanisms (see A/HRC/33/32, IRQ 1/2016). On 6 March 2016, Iraqi military forces stopped and searched Mr. Amara and Mr. Al-Tamimi’s car while the two men were on their way to meet families of disappeared persons. Both men were informed that a warrant had been issued for their arrest, before being handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to an unknown location. Mr. Amara and Mr. AlTamimi were severely beaten, insulted and threatened while being interrogated about their work for around two hours, before being released. The special procedures also raised concerns over reports that other employees of Al Wissam had previously been subjected to 6 GE.18-13325 OHCHR, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and General Human Rights Concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit – Baltistan, 14 June 2018. 47