A/HRC/54/61 been addressed by special procedures mandate holders in several occasions, 74 and his detention was found to be arbitrary in 2021 by the UN Working on Arbitrary Detention (A/HRC/WGAD/2021/45). 53. On 11 November 2022, special procedures mandate holders publicly urged Egypt75 to seize the moment of the COP 27 conference to demonstrate its willingness to abide by international human rights standards and review the cases of several human rights activists charged with terrorism-related offences, including Mr. El-Baqer. On 19 January 2023, the Government replied 76 to mandate holders (EGY 1/2022) providing information on the charges against and conviction of Mr. el-Baqer, his conditions of detention and his state of health. On 1 March 2023, during the consideration of the 5th periodic report of Egypt,77 the Human Rights Committee enquired about the trial and conviction of Mr. El-Baqer. In his response, a representative of Egypt provided information in this regard (CCPR/C/SR.3959, paras. 18 and 48). In its July 2022 report to the Human Rights Council,78 the WGEID noted that the Government had taken no action to implement its Opinion regarding the release of Mr. El-Baqer. 54. According to information received by the OHCHR, on 3 January 2022, the President of Egypt ratified Mr. el-Baqer’s verdict and his sentence will conclude on 3 January 2026. On 2 October 2022, Mr. el-Baqer was reportedly transferred from the Tora Maximum Security 2 Prison to Badr 1 prison. On 10 April 2023, Mr. el-Baqer and his cell mates were reportedly assaulted by prison guards resulting in serious injuries. On 17 April 2023, security forces reportedly detained Ms. Neama Hesham, Mr. el-Baqer’s wife, at her home following her public advocacy about the assault of her husband in detention. Ms. Hesham had reportedly visited her husband the day before and expressed concerns online about his injuries resulting from an attack by the prison guard the week before. Ms. Hesham was released on 18 April 2023 without charges. 55. The case of Mr. Ahmed Shawky Abdelsattar Mohamed Amasha, a human rights defender and co-founder of the League for the Families of the Disappeared, has been included in reports of the Secretary-General since 201779 on allegations of abduction, detention, torture following his engagement on behalf of relatives with UN mechanisms, including the WGEID. In November 2017, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found Mr. Amasha’s detention arbitrary (A/HRC/WGAD/2017/78). On 4 October 2019, Mr. Amasaha was released on bail, but detained again in June 2020. 56. On 11 November 2022, special procedures mandate holders addressed allegations of detention, torture, ill-treatment, enforced disappearance, incommunicado detention and deteriorating health status of Mr. Amasha (EGY 10/2022). On 29 August 2022, he was referred to the terrorism circuit of the Supreme State Criminal Court on charges of “knowingly joining and funding a terrorist group,” and his name was added to the existing Case No. 1360/2019, with another 37 defendants. Since his detention in Badr prison in September 2022, Mr. Amasha has allegedly been held in isolation in a cell with continuous electric lights on and 24-hour camera surveillance and is allowed little time for outdoor exercise. On 25 October 2022, Mr. Amasha reportedly joined other detainees in a hunger strike to protest prison conditions (EGY 10/2022). 57. The impact of Egyptian legislation on the ability of individuals and civil society groups to cooperate with the United Nations has been included in the reports of the 74 75 76 77 78 79 GE.23-15378 EGY 10/2020, EGY/5/2021, EGY/8/2021, EGY 1/2022. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/11/un-experts-call-immediate-release-alaa-abdel-fattah https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/11/un-experts-call-immediate-release-alaa-abdel-fattah. See government reply at: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37326. https://media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k1260210x0. A/HRC/51/29, p. 13. A/HRC/36/31, Annex I, para. 34; A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, para. 17–18, 21; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 45–46; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 44–46; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II paras. 48; A/HRC/51/47 Annex II, paras. 62–63. 55