A/HRC/39/41 Annex II Information on alleged cases included in follow-up to previous reports 1. Algeria 1. The case of Mr. Rafik Belamrania was included in the 2017 report of the SecretaryGeneral (see A/HRC/36/31, para. 20 and Annex I paras 1-3). Mr. Belamrania, founding member of the Association pour les enfants des disparus forcés en Algerie – Mish’al, is the author of communication No. 2157/2012 against Algeria to the Human Rights Committee regarding the abduction, torture and summary execution of his father, Mr. Mohammed Belamrania, by the Algerian army in 1995. Three special procedures mandate holders raised concerns with the Government over alleged reprisals against Mr. Belamrania for publishing on Facebook on 14 February 2017, the decision of the Human Rights Committee, regarding the summary execution of his father in 1995 (A/HRC/36/25, DZA 2/2017). He was charged with “apology of terrorism,” and accused of circulating photos and expressing his support for terrorist organizations, including Daesh. 2. On 15 November 2017, Mr. Belamrania was sentenced to five years in prison for “incitement to terrorism” and fined 100,000 Algerian dinars (860 USD). On 5 February 2018, he was sentenced on appeal to one year in prison followed by a two-year suspended sentence, and released on 16 February 2018. He was not granted any reparation or rehabilitation. 3. On 6 December 2018 the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights addressed the allegations of reprisals to the Government, who responded on 12 February 2018, reiterating their response of 29 May 2017 to special procedures that the allegations of arbitrary detention of Mr. Belamrania were unfounded as he was indicted for the “criminal offense of apology of terrorism,” and that he benefited from all guarantees during his hearing and while in custody. The Government did not address the allegations of reprisals. 2. Bahrain 4. The case of Ms. Ebtesam Al-Alsaegh, of SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights, was included in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, Annex, para. 7) related to a travel ban imposed on her and others for their cooperation with the Human Rights Council and the universal periodic review, in particular their participation in the thirty second session in June 2016 (A/HRC/34/75, BHR 4/2016). 5. On 20 March 2017, after attending the Human Rights Council, Ms. Alsaegh was detained for several hours at Bahrain International Airport by agents of the National Security Agency and interrogated at length about her participation in the Council; she was searched, threatened and had her passport subsequently confiscated. On 26 May 2017, she was allegedly subjected to seven-hours of physical and psychological torture while she was interrogated by officers of the National Security Agency, and sexually assaulted. On 4 July 2017, two special procedures mandate holders raised concerns regarding her alleged arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention in an apparent reprisal for her cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms (BHR 8/2017). 6. On 13 July 2017 four special procedures mandate holders raised urgent concerns when information was received that on 4 July 2017, Ms. Al-Saegh was again detained by security forces who raided her home (BHR 9/2017). She was reported to have been held in solitary confinement at Isa Town women’s prison and transported daily to an unknown location where she was interrogated for up to 14 hours without access to a lawyer. There were fears she would be tortured and sexually abused. While in detention she went on a hunger strike on 12 July 2017. On 18 July 2017, she was charged under the anti-terrorism law and subsequently released, although the charges have not been dropped. On 8 August 2017 the Government responded that an investigation into the activities of Ms. Al-Saegh noted that she was associated with establishing the “Manama Human Rights Observatory” and was “hiding behind human rights activities” while supporting an operation that impeded law enforcement activities and promoted the commission of acts of terrorism, 40 GE.18-13325