A/HRC/44/50/Add.4 Allegations concerning the restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly, and also concerning the use of force against, and detention of, peaceful protesters, in conjunction with public demonstrations against the exclusion of certain candidates in the elections for the Moscow City Duma, held on 8 September 2019. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION Algeria 230. JAL 21/05/2019 Case no: DZA 1/2019 State reply: none to date Allégations d’usage excessif de la force au cours de manifestations, de restrictions du droit à la liberté de manifester et d’actes d’intimidations contre des manifestants. 231. JAL 18/10/2019 Case no: DZA 2/2019 State reply: none to date Allégations concernant l’arrestation et détention arbitraire de M. Fadel Breika et M. Moulay Abba Bouzaid. Egypt 232. JAL 06/05/2019 Case no: EGY 5/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the judicial harassment against and alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and ill-treatment of human rights lawyer, Mr. Mohamed Ramadan. 233. JAL 28/05/2019 Case no: EGY 6/2019 State reply: none to date Alleged enforced disappearance of, and charges against, 15 individuals, including human rights defenders who are board members of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), in connection with case no. 1552/2018, and the alleged enforced disappearance of the Executive Director of the ECRF, who is 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. 234. JAL 19/07/2019 Case no: EGY 7/2019 State reply: none to date Allegations concerning the arrest, detention and prosecution under terrorism-related 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. 235. 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. 236. 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. Iraq 237. JUA 14/10/2019 Case no: IRQ 4/2019 State reply: 19/12/2019 Allegations of the use of excessive and lethal force by security forces, including live ammunition, against peaceful protesters, reports of deadly targeted sniper fire against and targeted killings of protesters, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as the arbitrary arrests and detentions of protesters and civil society activists, an internet shutdown, the forced closure of several satellite TV channels, and 41