A/HRC/43/51/Add.3 the right to freedom of expression under article 19 (3), and of peaceful assembly found in article 21 of the ICCPR. Israel 662. JAL 20/12/2018 Case no: ISR 14/2018 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the targeting of the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, known as B’Tselem and its staff, including allegations of reprisals against Mr. Hagai El-Ad and harassment of Ms. Manal AlJa’bri. 663. JAL 01/05/2019 Case no: ISR 6/2019 State reply: none to date Information received concerning the charges against and detention of Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi, a Bedouin human and land rights defender from alʿArāgīb, in Negev/Naqab region. His detention is linked to his advocacy and work on Bedouin land claims in al-ʿArāgīb, and on the currently unrecognised Bedouin village in that region, which has been demolished numerous times since 2010 and whose residents forcibly removed. 664. JAL 31/05/2019 Case no: ISR 8/2019 State reply: 31/07/2019 Allegations concerning State publications, which appear to stigmatise civil society organisations for their engagement with international bodies, including the UN in the field of human rights, and the broader harassment of civil society organisations engaging with UN human rights mechanisms. 665. JAL 28/08/2019 Case no: ISR 12/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning allegations of smear campaign against human rights organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan, threats, including death threats, against Al-Haq’s General Director, Mr. Shawan Jabarin, as well as the travel restrictions imposed on a consultant for Al Mezan and on Mr. Issam Younis, the Commissioner General of the Independent Commission for Human Rights in Palestine. 666. JAL 07/10/2019 Case no: ISR 13/2019 State reply: 11/10/2019 Allegations of a raid on Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association in the town of Ramallah. 667. PR 10/04/2019 Israel must ensure protection for Issa Amro and other human rights defenders, say UN experts 668. PR 25/04/2019 UN experts call on Israel to overturn deportation of Human Rights Watch director 669. PR 08/11/2019 UN experts condemn Israeli decision to expel Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch 670. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Israel for providing responses to two of the five letters addressed in the reporting period. He strongly encourages the Government to provide replies to the remaining communications, as maintaining a dialogue with mandate holders is necessary to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights. 671. The Special Rapporteur is concerned about the harassment and stigmatisation of civil society organisations and human rights defenders working for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), including for their cooperation with the UN and its human rights mechanisms, that seriously restrict the space in which they operate. In this regard, he is concerned about the descriptions of human rights organisations 91

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