A/HRC/43/51/Add.3 charged in case no. 441/2018. Allegations have also been received regarding a reported smear campaign against a number of human rights organisations in Egyptian media. 636. JAL 19/07/2019 Case no: EGY 7/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the arrest, detention and prosecution under terrorismrelated charges of human rights defenders, critics and peaceful protesters for the exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, in particular in the context of the February train accident at Ramses Station in Cairo and the Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt. 637. JAL 02/09/2019 Case no: EGY 8/2018 State reply: none to date Alleged harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders Ms. Salma Ashraf Abdel Halim Abdelghaffar, Mr. Mohamed Zarea, and Mr. Amr Magdi, including acts of reprisal against Ms. Ashraf and Mr. Zarea for their cooperation with the United Nations in the field of human rights. 638. JAL 09/10/2019 Case no: EGY 10/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the arrest and ongoing detention of human rights defender Mr. Ramy Shaath, the terrorism-related charges and smear campaign against him, and the deportation of his spouse to France. 639. JAL 23/10/2019 Case no: EGY 11/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the trial, sentencing, imprisonment and provisional release of blogger and human rights defender Mr. Alaa Abdel Fattah, as well as the recent arrest of and charges against him, his lawyer Mr. Mohamed El-Baqer and human rights defender Ms. Abdel Fattah, and the physical and verbal abuse against them while in detention. The alleged violations of Mr. El-Baqer’s rights appear to be linked to his engagement with the UN in the field of human rights. 640. JUA 13/11/2019 Case no: EGY 12/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the ongoing detention of Mr. Ibrahim Abdelmonem Metwally Hegazy (‫)ﻣﺘﻮﻟﻲ ﺣﺠﺎﺯﻱ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻤﻨﻌﻢ ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ‬, in reprisal for his activities as a human rights defender and cooperation with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID). 641. PR 28/10/2019 UN experts urge Egypt to end crackdown on protesters and human rights defenders 642. PR 20/11/2019 Egypt must free human rights lawyer detained in “double jeopardy” case, say UN experts 643. PR 11/12/2019 Egypt must free Coptic Christian rights defender reportedly held on terror charges, say UN experts 644. PR 20/12/2019 Experts alarmed at alleged mistreatment of detained protesters 645. The Special Rapporteur regrets that no replies were received from the Government of Egypt to any of the nine communications sent during the reporting period. Particularly given the serious nature of many of the allegations. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to engage fully with the mandates of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council by responding substantively to the questions and concerns posed in the communications. 646. The Special Rapporteur remains seriously concerned about the continued crackdown on human rights defenders and the use of anti-terror and propaganda legislation in order to criminalise the legitimate exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and assembly. Charges such as misusing social media, aiding or joining a terrorist organisation and inciting 88