Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 7/2015 African descent; 10/04/2015 United States of Minority issues; JAL America Racism; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged torture of African Americans and other minorities at Area 2 and 3 Police Headquarters in the city of Chicago from 1972 through 1991. According to the information received, African Americans and other minorities were subjected to various forms of torture, including with the purpose of obtaining confessions, which in turn resulted in incarcerations and death sentences. Some victims have been released because of evidence proving that Chicago police, under the direction of a former Police Commander, obtained their confessions through torture, while others victims, who were reportedly tortured into their confessions, remain incarcerated. To this date, no Chicago police officer or city official has been convicted for any acts of torture, and the United States’ government has failed to abrogate the legislation that allows for impunity. EGY 4/2015 13/04/2015 Egypt JAL Allegations of charges brought against a women human rights defender for testifying 28/07/2015 on the violent dispersal by police officers of a peaceful protest and the death of a female activist. According to the information received, on 24 January 2015, Ms. Azza Soliman, President of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA), witnessed the violent dispersal of a peaceful protest in Cairo - in which she did not take part - including the shooting of activist Ms. Shaimaa al-Sabbagh. After learning that Ms. Al-Sabbagh had died from her injuries, Ms. Soliman voluntarily went to the Prosecution’s Office to give testimony of the events and file a complaint against the involved security forces. After testifying, Ms. Soliman was however informed by the Prosecutor that she was being accused of breaching Law 107 of 2013 on the Right to Public Meetings, Processions and Peaceful Demonstration. On 23 March 2015, official charges were brought against Ms. Soliman for “illegal gathering” and “participating in an unauthorized protest that harmed public security” under Law 107. The scheduled first hearing before the Abdeen Misdemeanor Court of 4 April 2015 was postponed to 9 May 2015. Law 107 of 2013 was the subject of two previous communications sent on 12 February 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. EGY 4/2013, and on 20 March 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. EGY 5/2013. Ms. Al-Sabbagh was the subject of a previous communication sent on 30 January 2015, see A/HRC/29/50, case no. EGY 2/2015. Discrimination against women; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Violence against women; A/HRC/30/27 26 Date Type