A/HRC/WGAD/2021/45 group, publishing false news and misusing social media. Mr. Imam reportedly informed the prosecution about the ill-treatment to which he was subjected. His statement was not taken into consideration. 35. Since his first period of detention, Mr. Imam’s pretrial detention was repeatedly renewed every 15 days, until 10 March 2020, when his case was referred to the counselling chamber at the Criminal Court of Cairo. Since then, his pretrial detention has been periodically renewed every 45 days. 36. The source notes that, since his arrest, Mr. Imam has been detained at Tora Prison in solitary confinement, on the basis of a special request made by the National Security Agency. Although he was allowed to receive family visits, these visits took place under strict surveillance by prison authorities. In addition, from 10 March to 22 August 2020, Mr. Imam was cut off from the outside world, owing to the authorities’ suspension of prison visits, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. 37. On 26 August 2020, Mr. Imam was again brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, assigned to a new case, No. 855/2020. He was charged with joining a terrorist group and providing financial support and supplies to it, with the aim of committing a terrorist crime. The investigations claimed that Mr. Imam has been in contact with a number of the terrorist group’s members from inside prison, carrying out his activities mainly when he goes out for physical exercise or on his way to court hearings. They also claimed that he has been receiving money from them in order to pass it to other members during visits. 38. Since then, Mr. Imam’s pretrial detention has been continuously renewed every 45 days, most recently on 27 December 2020. Mr. Imam remains in solitary confinement and his lawyer has only been allowed to visit him once in prison since the start of his detention. 39. Hoda Abdel Moneam Abdel Aziz Hassan is an Egyptian citizen, born in 1959, who used to live in Cairo. Ms. Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a board member of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms, a human rights organization working on monitoring and documenting human rights violations and providing legal aid. 40. According to the information received, on 1 November 2018, at 2 a.m., a number of police and State Security agents, some in plainclothes and others in uniforms, raided Ms. Hassan’s house and arrested her, without showing a warrant or providing a legal explanation. They blindfolded her and took her to the house of a family member. The forces inspected the family member’s house. They then took Ms. Hassan back to her place of residence, which they inspected for around 2.5 hours, while she was kept blindfolded in a car. Later, she was taken to an unknown location and allegedly subjected to enforced disappearance for 20 days. On 2 November 2018, her family filed complaints to the Office of Public Prosecution and the Minister of Interior; however, they received no response. 41. On 21 November 2018, Ms. Hassan was brought before the Cairo Supreme State Security Prosecution, which charged her with joining a terrorist group and inciting harm to the national economy, under case No. 1552/2018. Ms. Hassan was later transferred to AlQanater Prison for women. 42. Ms. Hassan’s pretrial detention was continuously renewed every 15 days until 31 October 2020. Since then, the counselling chamber of the Cairo Criminal Court has continued to periodically renew her pretrial detention for periods of 45 days. 43. In Al-Qanater Prison, Ms. Hassan was held in a poorly ventilated, unclean cell, full of insects. In addition, since her arrest, Ms. Hassan has been completely prevented from receiving any family visits. 44. Ms. Hassan’s health has been severely deteriorating since her arrest. She has been experiencing kidney failure and high blood pressure. She has also suffered from deep vein thrombosis and a suspected pulmonary embolism, while being denied effective medical care. 45. On 26 January 2020, Ms. Hassan experienced symptoms of a heart attack. As a result, she was moved to the prison’s hospital, where the doctor informed her that she was suffering from high blood pressure and a thrombus in her left leg. Although she was in poor health condition, she was transferred back to prison on the same day. This resulted in a severe deterioration of her health. Thereafter, she was transferred to a public hospital again, where 5