5. Please provide detailed information about the grounds for maintaining Dr. Aboulfotouh in solitary confinement since his arrest in February 2018 and what justifies such drastic and disproportionate measure. 6. Please provide detailed information about the grounds for placing Dr. Aboulfotouh on the terrorist list since his arrest five years ago: what did he say or do that justifies that decision, and what are the consequences for him and his family? 7. Please provide detailed information on any judicial or other investigations conducted in connection with the alleged assault by prison staff on Dr. Aboulfotouh at Tora Farm Prison on 23 March 2022 and the conclusions of those investigations. If no inquiry took place, please explain how this is compatible with Egypt's human rights obligations. 8. Please indicate what measures have been taken or are foreseen to be taken and what mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that all detainees in Egypt are provided with adequate medical care without delay when necessary. While awaiting a reply, we urge that all necessary interim measures be taken to halt the alleged violations and prevent their re-occurrence and in the event that the investigations support or suggest the allegations to be correct, to ensure the accountability of any person responsible of the alleged violations. We would like to inform your Excellency’s Government that after having transmitted an allegation letter to the Government, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention may transmit the cases through its regular procedure to render an opinion on whether the deprivation of liberty was arbitrary or not. Such letters in no way prejudge any opinion the Working Group may render. The Government is required to respond separately to the allegation letter and the regular procedure. This communication and any response received from your Excellency’s Government will be made public via the communications reporting website within 60 days. They will also subsequently be made available in the usual report to be presented to the Human Rights Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration. Morris Tidball-Binz Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Mumba Malila Vice-Chair of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Irene Khan Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression 6