Case No Country EGY 9/2014 26/06/2014 Egypt JUA NGA 3/2014 26/06/2014 Nigeria AL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Arbitrary detention; Discrimination against women ; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; Truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-rec; Violence against women; Freedom of expression; Allegations concerning the confirmation of death sentences against 220 individuals in 04/07/2014 Egypt, following unfair and politically motivated trials. According to the information received, on 24 March 2014, a Court in Minya sentenced 529 people to death on charges related to an attack in August 2013 on a police station in Matay, in protest of the violent dispersal of supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi. The sentences were pronounced following legal proceedings reportedly marred with irregularities. On 28 April 2014, another group of 683 individuals were provisionally sentenced to death by the same Court in connection to an attack on a police station in al-Adwa, following a similar trial purportedly similarly procedurally flawed. Also on 28 April 2014, the Court confirmed 37 of the 529 provisional death sentences imposed on 24 March 2014. On 21 June 2014, the Court upheld 183 of the 683 provisional death sentences imposed on 28 April 2014. The defendants are all allegedly supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi. Allegations of restrictions on the circulation of newspapers and attacks against journalists and media outlets in Nigeria. According to the information received, between 6 and 8 June 2014, federal troops across Nigeria reportedly seized and destroyed newspaper deliveries at airports, commandeered newspaper vehicles along highways, seized control of distribution points in several cities and confiscated newspapers from vendors. Copies of at least four leading newspapers, Punch, Leadership, Vanguard and The Nation, were destroyed. The attacks reportedly followed the publication of reports on the involvement of the military in corruption and support to terrorism. Reportedly, journalists and news outlets have been targeted by both State agents and Boko Haram, an extremist sect, during the last months. Reply A/HRC/28/85 20 Date Type