Date Type 16/01/2013 JUA 16/01/2013 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted EGY 2/2013 Egypt Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of religion; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged arrest and detention of a freelance journalist, and judicial harassment of other journalists for peacefully criticizing the President and the Government. According to information received, Mr. Mohamed Sabry was arrested and detained on 4 January 2013 by members of the armed forces while filming a report for Reuters in a military zone in Rafah near the Egyptian-Gaza border. Mr. Sabry was allegedly prevented from contacting his lawyer and his family before being placed into detention. He was charged with trespassing and filming in a prohibited military zone (Articles 80(e)2 and 80(e)4 of the Penal Code), and at the time the communication was sent, he was detained at the Central Prison of Arish and was scheduled to appear before a military court on 9 January 2013. Mr. Bassem Youssef, a satirist and host of a CBC TV show El-Bernameg, was under investigation on charges of denigrating the head of state. Complaints were also reportedly filed against the daily newspaper Al-Masri Al-Youm and several of its journalists, including Mr. Yousri Al-Badri and Ms. Doaa El-Adl, by the President‘s office, accusing them of ‗spreading false news endangering public peace and security and affecting the presidency‘. Ms. El-Adl, the paper‘s cartoonist, was also reportedly facing investigation in connection with a cartoon which was deemed to have offended religion. IRN 2/2013 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Alleged imprisonment for releasing songs critical of the Government. According to the information received, Mr. Arya (Mohammad) Aramnejad, who already served a six-month prison sentence in 2011–2012, was reconvicted in January 2012 for ―propaganda against the state system‖. He was allegedly imprisoned at the Babol prison (Mari Kala Babol), where he was to serve a 91 day prison term. Reply A/HRC/23/51 43