Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply EGY 13/2013 30/08/2013 Egypt JUA Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Allegations regarding the escalating violence and intimidation against journalists and 04/10/2013 the media in Egypt. According to the information received, Al Jazeera Egypt and six 26/10/2013 other TV channels were reportedly shut down by Egyptian authorities in the early hours of the military coup on 3 July 2013. It is alleged that the channels include at least three Islamist-run TV stations including one operated by the Muslim Brotherhood. On the same day Al-Jazeera’s office, specifically Al Jazeera’s Mubasher Misr channel, was reportedly raided by the security forces, and a number of staff members were detained. Concerns are raised regarding these attacks against Al Jazeera media group and the alleged arbitrary arrests and detention of Messrs Ayman Mohamed Gaballa, Abdelfattah Fayed, Ahmad Hassan, Mohammed Badr, Mohamad Salheh, Abdullah El-Shamy, and alleged killings of Messrs’ Mick Deane, Ahmed Abdel Gawad, Mosab El-Shami Rassd, and Ms Habiba Ahmed Abd Elaziz. SVK 2/2013 30/08/2013 Slovakia JAL Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Health; Violence against women; 12/11/2013 Alleged 2011 legislative ban on the coverage of contraceptives under public health insurance which discriminates against women and adolescent girls. According to the information received, Act No. 363/2011 Coll. of Laws prohibits public health insurance coverage of any form of modern contraception if intended, under Art I. sections 16(4)(e)(1) and 37(5)©(6), “for the regulation of conception”. It is alleged that, in comparison with men, this ban disproportionally affects women’s enjoyment of many economic and social rights including the right to health, the right to work and participation in public life. It has also been reported that there is currently inadequate instruction on sex education in schools and that health workers are unable to adequately advise women on use of contraception. A/HRC/25/74 80 Date Type