A/HRC/32/36/Add.3 his mandate, and 24/5, which renewed it for an additional period of three years, both call on States to consider favourably his requests for visits. Egypt 404. JAL 13/04/2015. Case no. EGY 4/2015. State reply: 28/07/2015. Allegations of charges against a woman human rights defender for witnessing the violent dispersal of a peaceful protest and the killing of a female activist. 405. JUA 01/06/2015. Case no. EGY 6/2015. State reply: 02/07/2015; 16/08/2015. Alleged arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, as well as the denial of medical treatment of two children. 406. JOL 19/08/2015. Case no. EGY 9/2015. State reply: None. Allegation of undue restrictions on the right of everyone to freedom of artistic expression under Egyptian legislation on artistic censorship, and Minister of Culture Decrees. 407. JAL 12/06/2015. Case no. EGY 10/2015. State reply: 18/08/2015. Alleged growing restrictions on civil society and the increased targeting of human rights defenders in the context of the implementation of the NGO law and through the use of travel bans. 408. JOL 21/06/2015. Case no. EGY 11/2015. State reply: 05/08/2015. Alleged noncompliance of the national anti-terrorism draft law with the country’s international human rights obligations, including a number of provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 409. JAL 10/11/2015. Case no. EGY 16/2015. State reply: None. Alleged arrest, detention and charges to be brought against a journalist and human rights defender. 410. JUA 17/12/2015. Case no. EGY 17/2015. State reply: 02/02/2016. Allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention, and torture of a peaceful protestor and human rights defender. 411. JUA 08/02/2016. Case no. EGY 1/2016. State reply: None. Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of two journalists for the exercise of their right to freedom of expression and association. 412. JUA 12/02/2016. Case no. EGY 2/2016. State reply: None. Alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and charges against three human rights defenders for their legitimate human rights work and the exercise of their rights to freedom of association and freedom of expression. 413. JAL 23/02/2016. Case no. EGY 3/2016. State reply: None. Alleged attempt to arbitrarily close a human rights organisation in violation of the rights to freedom of association and freedom of expression. Observations Responses to communications 414. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Egypt for its replies and urges it to respond to the grave allegations contained in the letters sent on 8 February 2016 (EGY 1/2016), 12 February 2016 (EGY 2/2016) and 23 February 2016 (EGY 3/2016), as soon as possible. 415. He recalls the importance of responding to his communications as part of the Government’s cooperation with his mandate, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 24/5 (2013), 21/16 (2012) and 15/21 (2010). In the absence of information to 61

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