A/HRC/39/41 he was detained on 20 March 2017 when security agents searched his home in Ajman, confiscated laptops and other equipment, and arrested him without a warrant. He was placed in custody in Al Wathba prison in ill-health and has been subject to ill-treatment and possibly torture. On 29 May 2018 Mr. Mansoor was sentenced to ten years prison before the State Security Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court, fined one million Dirhams (USD $272,294.00), and ordered to be put under surveillance for three years upon his release. The Government responded in writing to the allegations transmitted by the special procedures in April 2017, but did not address the allegations of reprisals. 56. On 4 October 2017, two special procedures mandate holders raised concern about the treatment of Mr. Mohamad Ismat Mohamad Shaker Az as retaliation of an opinion issued by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on his case (ARE 6/2017). Mr. Shaker Az was transferred to solitary confinement on 2 July 2017 for two months, beyond the 15day limit recommended in international standards, allegedly as a measure of retaliation after the issuance of Opinion No. 21/2017 in which the Working Group found Mr. Shaker Az’s detention arbitrary. Furthermore, Mr. Shaker Az was told that the prosecutor would ask for an increased penalty, from 15 years to which he was sentenced in 2014, to life imprisonment. The Government responded in writing to the allegations transmitted by the special procedures in October 2017, citing its view that Mr. Shaker Az was not subjected to arbitrary detention, torture or solitary confinement. 57. Mr. Osama Al-Najjar was alleged to have been subject to reprisals after meeting with the Ms. Gabriela Knaul, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers during her visit to the United Arab Emirates in 2014. His case has been raised by five special procedures mandate holders (ARE 2/2015) and in previous reports of the Secretary-General in 2014, 2015 and 2016. According to information received, Mr. AlNajjar, who was arrested, tortured and held incommunicado in March 2014, was then transferred to Al Wathba prison, to be released on 17 March 2017, following the completion of his three-year sentence. However, in March 2017 the Federal Supreme Court reportedly refused to release him and, requested by the Public Prosecution, transferred him to a counselling center (Munasaha) based on Article 40 of Federal Law No. (7) of 2014 on Combating Terrorism Offences. On 1 June 2017 the court extended his placement in this center by six months and on 13 December 2017 it was again renewed for another six months. 58. On 6 July 2018 the Government provided follow up information on multiple cases, noting that Mr. Al-Najjar is currently going therapy and treatment at a counselling centre called a Munasaha Centre which “consists of psychological, social and religious sessions to uproot terrorist and extremist ideologies” based on “concern that he might commit a terrorist offence after leaving the prison” and a “threat to public security.” The Government stated that Mr. Shaker Az is “currently serving his sentence of imprisonment at the Al Wathba penal institution, where he receives appropriate health care, and is permitted to communicate with his family in accordance with the regulations and procedures applicable to penal and correctional institutions.” Mr. Mansoor “was tried, convicted and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment” and is serving his sentence at the Al Sadr penal institution with the right to an appeal. The Government did not address the allegations of reprisals. 18. Uzbekistan 59. The case of Ms. Elena Urlaeva, of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan, an independent labour monitor who documents the practice of forced labour in the cotton industry, was included in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 61 Annex, para. 86-87). On 1 March 2017, Ms. Urlaeva was arrested in Tashkent and taken to a police station, the day before she was due to meet representatives of the ILO and the World Bank on 2 March 2017. She had filed a complaint with the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) regarding World Bank investments. At the police station, Ms. Urlaeva was insulted and mocked by police officers who told her that she needed psychiatric treatment. She was then forcibly transferred to a psychiatric facility in Tashkent. On 24 March 2017, Ms. Urlaeva was released after 24 days of psychiatric detention. GE.18-13325 53