Date Type 15/08/2012 JAL 15/08/2012 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted EGY 10/2012 Egypt Migrants; Summary executions; Trafficking; Alleged hostage taking, abuse and exploitation of migrants by traffickers in Sinai. According to the information received, the migrants were held captive by the traffickers and required to pay a large sum of money as a condition of release and journey to Israel. They were reportedly subject to torture, physical and sexual violence, forced labour and/or deprivation of food and water, if they were unable to pay the ransom. The Egyptian authorities allegedly failed to conduct any investigation into these allegations. This matter was the subject of an earlier communication in 2010 (A/HRC/17/35/Add.1). Furthermore, it was reported that the migrants were shot at by the Egyptian border guards at the Israel-Egypt border as they made their way to Israel. This allegation was also the subject of an earlier communication in 2009 (A/HRC/17/33/Add.1). EGY 11/2012 Egypt Adequate housing; Freedom of religion; Minority issues; Alleged loss of homes and businesses of the Coptic Christian community by sectarian violence in the village of Dahshur. According to the information received, on 27 July 2012, Mr. Sameh Samy, a Coptic Christian laundryman, inadvertently burned the shirt of a Muslim client, Mr. Ahmad Ramadan. Despite the agreement by both men to settle the grievance that evening, Mr. Ramadan allegedly returned in the afternoon with about 3000 armed Muslims and surrounded Mr. Samy‘s house and laundrette. As the fighting intensified, Mr. Samy hurled a fire bomb which hit a Muslim passer-by, Mr. Moaz HasabAllah who died from third degree burns on 31 July 2012. 120 families reportedly fled the village on the same day for fear of the revenge attacks. On 1 August 2012, it was reported that hundreds of Muslims torched and looted homes and businesses of Coptic Christian community in the village, and the security forces present during the incident allegedly did not protect most Coptic properties except for the small church of St. George and some houses close to the church. Reply A/HRC/22/67 73