PALAIS DES NATIONS • 1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND Mandates of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief REFERENCE: UA EGY 3/2021 4 May 2021 Excellency, We have the honour to address you in our capacity as Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; and Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 43/20, 42/22, 45/3, 44/5 and 40/10. In this connection, we would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government information we have received concerning Abdulrahman Gamal Metwally Ibrahim and Omar Gamal Metwally Ibrahim, two brothers who reportedly were arbitrarily arrested in connection to the military coup of 2013 and subjected to torture and ill-treatment by security officials while in custody. According to the information received: On 24 March 2014, Mr. Omar was arrested. He was charged with affiliating with the Muslim Brotherhood, considered a terrorist group and for protesting without police authorization. During his detention he was subjected to torture and ill-treatment. He was subjected to electrocution and burning with cigarettes. He was acquitted and released a few years later, on 28 January 2017. On 14 November 2014, Mr. Abdulrahman, aged 23, was arrested outside his home in the Suez City by plain clothes police officers, who did not present to him an arrest warrant. He was allegedly charged with affiliating with the Muslim Brotherhood, demonstrating, and burning police vehicles, six days after his arrest. It is also only then, six days later, that his family was made aware of his whereabouts and of the charges against him. He was being held at the national security building in Suez City and relatives were able to visit him. He was however denied access to a lawyer. Mr. Abdulrahman’s initial interrogation lasted for several days, he was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, physically and psychologically in order to extract a confession. He was blindfolded for most of the time while being tortured. He was hang on metal bars and subjected to electrical shocks, cigarettes were stubbed out on his body,

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