A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 Egypt (a) JUA 06/12/2013 Case No. EGY 17/2013 State Replies: 27/12/2013 and 21/01/2014 Allegations of torture and ill-treatment during arrest and the alleged risk of torture and ill-treatment of Mr. Alaa Abd El Fattah while in detention. 139. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Egypt for its replies, dated 27.12.2013 and 21.01.2014, to the present communication. 140. The Rapporteur takes note of the comprehensive information provided by the Government concerning the circumstances of, and legal basis for, the arrest and detention of Mr. Fattah. In particular, the Rapporteur notes that physical injuries have been discovered and that investigation has been initiated, including the documentation of the injuries by a forensic medicine department, to determine its causes. 141. The Special rapporteur requests the Government of Egypt to share with him the results of this investigation as soon as possible. (b) JUA 06/12/2013 Case No. EGY 17/2013 State Replies: 27/12/2013 and 21/01/2014 Allegations of torture and ill-treatment during arrest and the alleged risk of torture and ill-treatment of Mr. Alaa JUA 24/12/2013 Case No. EGY 19/2013 State Reply: 13/03/2013 Allegations of raid on the offices of the human rights organisation Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) by State security forces, as well as the alleged arbitrary arrest of six of its staff (Messrs. Mahmoud Bilal, Moustafa Eissa, Sherif Ashour, Hossam Mohamed Nasr, Sayed Mahmoud El-Sayed and Mohamed Adel) and the ongoing alleged arbitrary detention of one of those staff members (Mr. Mohamed Adel). Alleged arbitrary detention of Messrs. Ahmed Maher and Ahmed Douma, who were arrested on 2 December after a peaceful protest. 142. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Egypt for its reply, dated 19.03.2014, to the present communication. 143. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government that Mr. Mohamed Adel was arrested pursuant to a decision that was unrelated to the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights. 144. The Rapporteur finds that the Government, in its reply, does not sufficiently address the concerns, legal obligations, and questions raised in the initial communication, which prompts him to infer that the Government fails to fully and expeditiously cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, as well as to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 145. In the absence of sufficient and convincing information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, reiterated above, and thus, that the Government of Egypt, by raiding the offices of the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights, arbitrarily arresting members of its staff, and arbitrarily arresting and continuing to detain other individuals who were arrested on 2 December after a peaceful protest, has violated the right of the aforementioned individuals to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. (c) JUA 27/12/2013 Case No. EGY 20/2013 State Reply: None to date Allegations of enforced disappearances of Messrs. Khaled al-Qazzaz, Ayman al-Serafy and 25