A/HRC/42/30 under surveillance due to his close connections with extremist movements in the country and that in 2016 Mr. Ibrahim was convicted in violation of national legislation.129 41. On 15 March 2019, the Assistant Secretary-General addressed allegations of continued reprisals against Mr. Ibrahim as it was reported he continued to be unable to travel with his passport confiscated by the Service de Documentation et Sedimentation (SDS). Mr. Ibrahim has brought concerns to the attention of the National Prosecutor’s Office, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Office of the Mediator of the Republic to no avail. 9. Egypt 42. The case of Mr. Ebrahim Abdelmonem Metwally Hegazy, of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared, was included in the 2018 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/39/41 para. 38 and Annex I, paras. 32–35) concerning his initial disappearance and later detention while he was on his way to meet the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Geneva in September 2017 (EGY 14/2017, A/HRC/WGEID/109/1, para. 35 (p), and see also A/HRC/WGEID/114/1, para. 56).130 He was charged with founding and leading an illegal terrorist organization, conspiracy with foreign entities or organizations to harm state security, and spreading false information. He has been detained in Aqrab prison (Tora) and reportedly subjected to ill-treatment and torture in detention. 43. The Government responded on 8 November 2017 131 with assurances of Mr. Metwally’s conditions of detention and access to a lawyer. On 31 July 2018, the Government informed that he was charged with leading a terrorist group and spreading false news, statements and rumors abroad about the situation in the country. 44. It was reported in May 2019 that Mr. Metwally continues to be held incommunicado from the time of his arrest in Aqrab prison, where he is subjected to systematic physical and psychological abuse that could amount to torture. Since February 2019, the prison administration has not allowed family visits, despite permission by the prosecution. During this period, abuses against Mr. Metwally have reportedly intensified and his conditions of detention are extremely poor. Despite suffering from acute medical problems, he has been denied examination by medical specialists. Mr. Metwally has not had a trial, as he is still being investigated before the Supreme State Security Court (case No. 900/2017). Mr. Metwally’s lawyers were notified with adjournment dates that differed from the days when he was physically present in the courtroom affecting both his right to prepare his defense and the possibility for the lawyers to enquire about treatment in detention. The proceedings have reportedly been adjourned to an unspecified date. 45. The case of Dr. Ahmed Shawky Abdelsattar Mohamed Amasha was included in the 2017 and 2018 reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/36/31, para. 33 and Annex I, para. 34; A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, paras. 17–18, 21) concerning his reported abduction, detention, torture and ill-treatment in retaliation for his work documenting cases of enforced disappearances for special procedures (EGY 5/2017). In November 2017, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found the detention of Dr. Amasha arbitrary and requested the Government to ensure his immediate release.132 129 130 131 132 Response from Government: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/ DownLoadFile?gId=34341. OHCHR, “UN rights experts dismayed by arrest of Egyptian lawyer Ebrahim Metwally en route to meet them,” (15 September 2017); Oral presentation of the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council (20 September 2017). See also OHCHR, “Report highlights rising reprisals against human rights defenders cooperating with the UN,” (20 September 2017). Response from Government: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/ DownLoadFile?gId=33769. Opinion 78/2017 adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eightieth session, concerning Ahmed Shawky Amasha (Egypt), 20–24 November 2017. 51