Advance unedited version A/HRC/WGAD/2022/ 23. Finally, the source claims that Mr. Sahloob’s family was not able to visit him until three months after his arrest. After that, they were permitted one monthly visits, until April 2016, when visits were completely banned. Additionally, the source reports that Mr. Sahloob was not authorized to receive visits from his lawyer, and that the latter was only allowed to attend his client’s court hearings. Arrest and detention: Hossam Abdel Razek Abdel Salam Khalil 24. According to the source, Mr. Khalil was arrested on 18 February 2015, at around 9pm, at Al-Hinidi Mosque square, near his place of residence. Mr. Khalil was arrested by national security agents and investigation forces in plainclothes, without a warrant or a legal explanation for his arrest. The source reports that Mr. Khalil was then taken into a car to an unknwon location and subjected to enforced disappearance for a week. 25. The source notes that, on 24 February 2015, official complaints (telegrams) were submitted to the attorney general and the public prosecutor on Mr. Khalil’s behalf, inquiring about his disappearance. Reportedly, none of the complaints were answered. 26. On 1 March 2015, Mr. Khalil appeared before the prosecution in Al Agouza Police Station, charged under Case No. [withheld] with joining a terrorist group, demonstrating in front of Al Agouza Police Station while blocking a road, possessing a camera as to record the protest, and possessing white weapons. 27. It is reported that Mr. Khalil stayed in pre-trial detention until the Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, on 26 May 2016. The Court rejected Mr. Khalil’s appeal, thereby making his sentence final. Mr. Khalil is currently serving his sentence at Wadi Al-Natrun Prison 440. 28. The source claims that Mr. Khalil stayed blindfolded and his hands tied behind his back the entire period of his alleged forced disappearance. It is reported that he was also subjected to severe beatings and electrocuted all over his body, especially his private parts. The source notes that, although his body displayed clear signs of torture, the Prosecutor did not report on the alleged ill-treatment or refer Mr. Khalil to a doctor. 29. The source asserts that Mr. Khalil was subjected to further torture following his first appearance before the prosecution, during which he denied being coerced to confess. The source explains that he was beaten and electrocuted by security forces. According to the source, his alleged ill-treatment and torture, as well as his reported poor detention conditions, have severely deteriorated Mr. Khalil’s health, who suffers from varicose veins in the testicles and permanent bleeding from his private parts. Mr. Khalil also allegedly suffers from high blood pressure, diabetes, spinal arthritis, and cataract. 30. Despite his health deteriorating, the source reports that Mr. Khalil was only examined by the prison generalist in May 2015 and March 2020. He was denied medical treatment on the basis of the chief of investigations’s order. Reportedly, several requests were submitted to the prison authorities and the court to allow Mr. Khalil to be examined by a specialist. The last two requests were submitted on 12 January 2021 and 7 February 2021. On 28 December 2020, a demand for a presidential pardon based on Mr. Khalil’s health was also submitted. Reportedly, none of these requests have been answered. 31. Mr. Khalil allegedly suffers from extremely poor detention conditions. In particular, the source reports that, as a result of various complaints submitted on his behalf, Mr. Khalil has been placed in a special disciplining cell where he does not have a bathroom and is banned from receiving visitors. Additionally, the source notes that Mr. Khalil’s lawyer has been entirely prevented from visiting his client in prison and has only been allowed to attend his court hearings. Arrest and detention: Mohammed Abdel Aziz Farag Ali 32. According to the source, Mr. Ali was arrested on 25 August 2015, at around 3am. Reportedly, national security agents and police officers in both uniforms and plainclothes arrested Mr. Ali in his home and searched the house. The source reports that they took four mobile phones and two laptops, blindfolded, and arrested Mr. Ali without showing an arrest warrant or providing a legal explanation for his arrest. Mr. Ali was then allegedly taken to an 4