Advance unedited version A/HRC/WGAD/2022/ religion, economic condition, political or other opinion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status, that aims towards or can result in ignoring the equality of human beings (category V). Submissions Communication from the source 4. Omar Abdel Aziz Mohammed Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian national, born in 1998 ordinarily resident in Cairo, Egypt. At the time of his arrest, he was a student at the faculty of Islamic Studies at Al-Azhar University and is single. 5. Khaled Mohamed Abdel Raouf Sahloob is an Egyptian national, born in 1992. He used to live in the city of Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt. Mr. Sahloob is a photojournalist and is single. 6. Hossam Abdel Razek Abdel Salam Khalil is an Egyptian national, born in 1981 usually resident in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Mr. Khalil is an engineer and a member and head of the Human Development Affairs Department of the Freedom and Justice Party. He is married and has three children. 7. Mohammed Abdel Aziz Farag Ali is an Egyptian national, born on 25 January 1966. He usually resides in Qalyubia Governorate. Mr. Ali used to work for a company and is married with children. Context 8. According to the source, Mr. Abdel Aziz, Mr. Sahloob, Mr. Khalil and Mr. Ali were arrested as part of a large-scale crackdown on peaceful dissidents carried out by the Egyptian Government. The source alleges that, since President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi took power in 2013, standards of fair trial and due process have not been respected and accusations against peaceful dissidents have been based on weak or absent evidence. Arrest and detention: Omar Abdel Aziz Mohammed Abdel Aziz 9. According to the source, Mr. Abdel Aziz was first arrested on 27 November 2014, when he was still a minor. He was arrested by security forces while he was at one of his friends’ house. Mr. Abdel Aziz was detained on remand for almost two years, before his case was referred to the court. He was then allegedly sentenced to three years in prison on politically motivated charges, before being released in 2017, three months before the end of his third year in prison. 10. Reportedly, Mr. Abdel Aziz was arrested a second time, on 21 July 2018, at 12pm. The source reports that Mr. Abdel Aziz was arrested at a checkpoint by several national security agents in plainclothes, while he was in public transport. It is alleged that Mr. Abdel Aziz was taken to an unknown location and subjected to enforced disappearance for one month. 11. On 22 August 2018, Mr. Abdel Aziz was reportedly brought for the first time before the Military prosecution, charged under a Military Case with joining an outlawed group aimed at disrupting the rule of law, participating in a criminal arrangement to damage public and military properties and killing military personnel, and joining an armed gang, with the aim of disturbing national security. He was also charged with possessing firearms without authorization, and using violence against persons, intimidating them, and inflicting material and moral harm against them. 12. The source explains that, on 22 March 2020, after almost one and a half year in pretrial detention, Mr. Abdel Aziz was sentenced to 10 years in prison. An appeal was filed on his behalf and the sentence was reduced to three years, which he had already served. The source claims that, instead of being released, he was subjected to another two months of enforced disappearance, before being charged under a new case with joining a banned organization. 2