A/HRC/57/60
Indonesia
78.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of Mr. Victor Yeimo
and Mr. Yones Douw.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
79.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of Mr. Manouchehr
Bakhtiari and of family members of journalists of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Persian service.
Iraq
80.
The Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
documented incidents of online intimidation of civil society representatives by unidentified
actors, including for participating in United Nations events. Names and details of those
concerned have been withheld due to fear of further reprisals. The Human Rights Office also
documented increased governmental restrictions on civil society organizations supporting
women’s empowerment and gender equality, including those engaging with the United
Nations.
Israel
81.
Annex II contains information on developments in the case of the designation as
“terror organizations” of the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association,
Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development and its staff, Defense for Children
International – Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the Union of
Palestinian Women’s Committees and its staff, as well as on the situation of Mr. Issa Amro.
Libya
82.
The Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division of the United
Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented incidents of reprisal against
human rights and political activists for their cooperation with the United Nations. UNSMIL
also documented fear of reprisals by women human rights defenders for engaging or
attempting to engage with the United Nations. Names and details are withheld due to fear of
further reprisals.
83.
Representatives of Libyan-based organizations cancelled their participation in a round
table hosted by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of
association in Geneva in February 2024 due to fear of reprisals following an online campaign
against the event and those attending.
84.
Annex II contains information on the impacts of the requirements imposed upon civil
society organizations regarding their ability to engage with the United Nations in the field of
human rights.
Nicaragua
85.
Mr. Brooklyn Rivera, an Indigenous leader and, at the time, Deputy of the National
Assembly for the YATAMA political party, was not allowed to return to Nicaragua following
his participation in 2023 in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Mr. Rivera returned
to the country clandestinely and, on 29 September 2023, was arbitrarily arrested and has since
then been held without charges or contact with his relatives, and the authorities have not
officially acknowledged his imprisonment.36
86.
In April 2024, Ms. Tininiska Rivera Castellón, the daughter of Mr. Rivera and an
Indigenous woman human rights defender, said in her statement to the Permanent Forum that
she had received threats during the Forum. Since May 2023, Ms. Rivera Castellón has
reportedly been harassed and surveilled by the authorities.
36
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