Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply EGY 12/2014 09/09/2014 Egypt JUA Arbitrary detention; Health; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; 31/10/2014 Allegations of arbitrary detention and failure to provide adequate medical treatment. According to the information received, on 3 July 2013, Mr. Khaled Al-Qazzaz was arrested presumably in connection to his position in the former Government. He has since his transfer to Tora Maximum Security Prison, on 17 December 2013, been detained without charge and trial, and no evidence has been disclosed to justify his detention. Mr. Al-Qazzaz has been held for over eight months in a small prison cell without natural light and is only permitted to leave his cell for one hour, five days a week. His family and lawyers are allowed to visit irregularly under the surveillance of prison staff. Due to his detention, Mr Al-Qazzaz has lost mobility in one arm. He has reportedly been denied access to surgery identified as necessary to avoid permanent paralysis of his limbs and respiratory functions. His only access to medicine is through relatives during visits. Serious concern is expressed at the alleged arbitrary detention of Mr. Al-Qazzaz and the failure to provide him with adequate medical treatment. He was the subject of a previous communication sent on 27 December 2013, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. EGY 20/2013, and an opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, dated 7 August 2013, see A/HRC/WGAD/2013, Opinion No. 39/2013. GEO 1/2014 09/09/2014 Georgia JAL Adequate housing; Cultural Rights; Food; Minority issues; 16/12/2014 Alleged involuntary resettlement of an estimated 1,700 to 2,500 inhabitants of the upper Svaneti region, including a large number of individuals and families from the Svan minority ethnic subgroup. According to the information received, the Government of Georgia plans to resume the construction of the Khudoni hydropower plant in the Enguri River gorge on the territory of the Mestia municipality in upper Svaneti, four kilometres south of the village of Khaishi, Georgia. It is reported that the construction will flood at least 1,500 hectares of forest and agricultural land along with the village of Khaishi, which is the administrative centre of a number of villages in the area. Concern is expressed that the residents of the Upper Svaneti region will face violations of their right to an adequate standard of living, including food and housing, and their right to take part in cultural life as a result of the construction of Khudoni dam and their resettlement. A/HRC/28/85 75