Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply EGY 12/2013 02/09/2013 Egypt JUA 02/01/2014 Freedom of Alleged violence against members of Christian religious minorities in Egypt, 02/01/2014 religion; Minority including killings. According to the information received, there has been an upsurge issues; of violence against Christian religious minorities in Egypt by supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi. It is reported that they have attacked members of the Christian minority community, their property and religious objects in locations across Egypt since two pro-Morsi sit-ins were violently dispersed by the security forces. Since the military crackdown on demonstrations in Cairo on 14 August 2013, as many as 61 Egyptian churches have been attacked, vandalized and desecrated. Some attacks have been small scale attacks, while in other incidents churches have been fired on with bullets or gutted by fire. Mobs have also allegedly attacked several Christian schools, dozens of Christian-owned businesses and homes, and an orphanage. In addition, a number of killings and injuries of members of the Christian minority have been reported. LKA 4/2013 02/09/2013 Sri Lanka JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Summary executions; Torture; Water and Sanitation; 19/09/2013 Allegations of excessive use of force, including lethal force, during a peaceful assembly, resulting in deaths and injuries. According to the information received, on 1 August 2013, in Weliweriya, Gampaha District of the Western Province, more than 4,000 protesters assembled peacefully to demand that the Government take action against a company whose factory had polluted the water - the only drinking water resource for about 15 local villages. The police reportedly used tear gas to break up the protest, and the military, who were offering assistance to the police in dispersing the crowd, shot at the protesters. Reportedly, at least three persons, including some media professionals, were killed or injured and had to be hospitalized. A/HRC/25/74 81