geneva record 29 state include china iran saudi arabia retaliate past year citizens cooperate unite nations u.n. human right office say wednesday people communicate right body abduct detain hold incommunicado disappear u.n. assistant secretary-general human right andrew gilmour say nine state name report burundi egypt rwanda cuba venezuela china india saudi arabia unite arab emirates current members 47-country u.n. human right council gilmour tell council nothing short abhorrent office keep come back examples state victimize people help unite nations wednesday eighth annual report reprisals something grotesque entirely contrary charter spirit unite nations particularly council people get punish intimidation reprisals cooperate u.n. human right say none council members choose respond remark 20 countries report algeria bahrain eritrea honduras iran israel mauritania mexico morocco myanmar oman pakistan south sudan sri lanka sudan tajikistan thailand turkey turkmenistan uzbekistan previous report average 15 countries list never 20. china saudi arabia feature six eight list publish far gilmour say true number case much high report omit many reason confidentiality security victim among victims name report bahraini activist ebtesam abdulhusain ali alsaegh testify council detain return bahrain beat sexually assault weeks late gilmour say victims lose job home offices raid target travel ban asset freeze many case involve arbitrary detention torture sometimes sexual assault rape countries justify tactics say individuals terrorists cooperate foreign entities aim damage state gilmour say think see individuals canary coal-mine bravely sing silence toxic backlash people right dignity dark warn us record number state punish human right activism u.n