Date Type Case No Country EGY 18/2013 23/12/2013 Egypt JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; 13/05/2014 Allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention of demonstrators and student activists. According to the information received, on 26 or 27 November 2013, the police arrested 14 individuals in Al ‘Ameria neighbourhood, Cairo, during demonstrations against military trials of civilians and law No. 107 on ““Regulating Rights of Public Assemblies, Processions and Peaceful Protests” (“the Law”). On the same evening, Mr. Ibrahim Jamal, a 19-year-old student of Al Azhar University, was also arrested by the police while travelling in a taxi. Mr. Jamal and the 14 individuals were reportedly held by the police in the New Cairo area. On 9 December 2013, the following 17 students were arrested by the police during a student demonstration at Al Azhar University: Mr. Sami Mohamed Hafiz Ahmad; Mr. Mokhtar Tharwat Mokhtar Hassanein; Mr. Yasser Suliman Abd Alqader; Mr. Moaaz Ahmed Ali; Mr. Ibrahim Qabbani Hussein; Mr. Ahmad Mohamed Mohamed Abbas; Mr. Ahmad Said Abdallah Amara; Mr. Ibrahim Samir Kamil; Mr. Osama Mohamed Mohamed Ahmad; Mr. Ahmad Ali Ibrahim; Mr. Mohamed Bahi Hussein Mohamed; Mr. Ahmad Abd Alqader Abd Alqader Mohamed; Mr. Kamil Alsayed Kamil Alsayed; Mr. Abd Alrahman Mohamed Abdeltawab Mohamed; Mr. Abdallah Shafiq Hilmi Mustafa; Mr. Ahmed Jamal Mohamed Hammam; and Mr. Osama Gamal el din Mohamed Ibrahim. Furthermore, the following 10 student activists were arrested by the police on the same day while meeting at a café near Al Azhar University: Mr. Mohammed Mokhtar; Mr. Ahmed Abdelaziz; Mr. Mohammed Nasr; Mr. Mohammed Abdellatif; Mr. Hussam Al Khuli; Mr. Nader Nour; Mr. Motya’ Yassin; Omar Al Shahat; Mr. Ahmed Othman; and Mr. Kamal Aldeen Ahmad. These students were reportedly in police custody in the New Cairo area pending investigation by the prosecution. A/HRC/26/21 29