Date Type 12/11/2012 JUA 13/11/2012 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply EGY 15/2012 Egypt Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged risk of execution of six individuals following proceedings that did not comply with fair trial standards. According to the information received, Messrs. Ahmed Mohamed Salem Ali, Mohamed Gomaa Hassan Nassar, Yasser Jermey Attiya Al-Torbini, Amr Mohamed Mahmoud El-Malah, Hossam Abdo Abdelrady Hassan, and Ahmed Selmy Hammad Alyan were sentenced to death on 14 August 2012. They faced charges of deliberate killing of two police officers, possession of unlicensed weapons, destruction of public properties and state institutions, and constituting a threat to the public security. The legal proceedings in their cases allegedly did not comply with international human rights law standards related to fair trial and due process guarantees. Concerns of arrest without warrant and incommunicado detention, denial of access to family and lawyer, trial before a special court, as well as torture and coerced extraction of confession were reported. The defendants are allegedly at risk of execution. ESP 4/2012 Spain Adequate housing; 19/11/2012 Alegación de posible violación del derecho a la vivienda de trabajadores 16/01/2013 migrantes latinoamericanos en España. De acuerdo con las informaciones recibidas, muchos trabajadores migrantes habrían obtenido acceso a hipotecas con condiciones poco acordes a su situación y, dada la crisis económica y su particular vulnerabilidad al desempleo esa población migrante estaría particularmente afectada por la imposibilidad de pagar sus créditos y los resultantes desahucios, expresándose preocupación por la aparente falta de medidas específicas para proteger su derecho a una vivienda adecuada. A/HRC/22/67 143

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