A/HRC/21/18 61. The Human Rights League of the Great Lakes reportedly continues to face administrative difficulties in Rwanda which stem from harassment in 2010 and 2011, including delayed renewal of the organization‟s NGO registration, which expired in April 2011. The process remains ongoing. As part of the registration process, the Human Rights League of the Great Lakes requested a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Justice in August 2011 on the expiration of its previous memorandum of understanding. At the time of completion of the present report, the memorandum had not been signed. The delay has reportedly hindered the organization‟s ability to carry out activities as planned and limited its access to funds; because the organization operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda, it is categorized as an international NGO and, as such, it is not allowed to conduct activities in Rwanda without registration. 62. The registration process for the period 2012-2013 started in July 2012 as stipulated by the regulations for international NGOs operating in Rwanda. The Human Rights League of the Great Lakes started its registration renewal process, despite the unresolved current registration situation for 2011-2012. However, the mandate of its executive committee expired in December 2011. Without valid registration it is difficult for the Human Rights League of the Great Lakes to organize its General Assembly to elect a new executive committee. At the same time, the fact that the committee is not in place is reportedly being used as a reason for delaying the renewal of the organization‟s registration. Saudi Arabia 63. Regarding the case of Fadhel Al-Manasif, whose case was mentioned in my previous report (A/HRC/18/19, paras. 62-68), information was received indicating his release on 11 August 2011, after three months of arbitrary detention in solitary confinement and no family visits. He was allegedly re-arrested during the afternoon of Sunday, 2 October 2011 at a checkpoint between Al-Awamiyah and Safavi in eastern Saudi Arabia. Mr. Al-Manasif is reportedly currently held in the General Investigations Prison in the city of Dammam, in the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. According to information received, he is on trial in Riyadh before the Special Criminal Court, established to address security offences, and is accused of sedition for participating in protests. Allegedly, he is facing charges relating to his arrests of April 2009 and May 2011. A second and third hearing in the case took place at the Special Criminal Court on 28 February 2012 and 9 April 2012, respectively. He denies the accusations against him. Following the fourth hearing, which was held on 9 May 2012, subsequent hearings were postponed. 64. As in the case of Mr. Al-Manasif‟s detention from May to August 2011, he is reportedly being held in solitary confinement and has not been allowed family visits. Concerns have been expressed that he may have been subjected to torture and that he is being prosecuted on grounds relating to his engagement with international human rights mechanisms. At the time of the completion of the present report, the Government had not responded to the communication sent by several special procedures on 12 May 2011 (A/HRC/18/51, p. 110). Sudan 65. The case of Abdelrahman Al-Gasim was included in my report of 2011 and related to reprisals following his participation in the fifteenth session of the Human Rights Council in September 2010 (A/HRC/18/19, paras. 70-73). According to information received, Mr. Al-Gasim was arrested in late October 2010 and spent one month incommunicado. He was reportedly held at the premises of the National Intelligence and Security Services from 3 November 2010 to 24 December 2010 and then transferred to Kober prison, where he was held for 50 days before being released on 21 January 2011. He was subsequently banned from leaving the country. 15