A/HRC/WGAD/2021/42 examinations have been superficial and no treatment has been provided. His family has requested that Mr. Gharib be pardoned, given his critical health situation. However, the request has never been granted. 15. It is reported that on 15 and 17 December 2019 Mr. Gharib’s family submitted official complaints to the Attorney General concerning his second enforced disappearance. They have not received a response. 16. Mr. Elsayed too is a citizen of Egypt, born in 1976. He used to live in Faisal, Giza. He is married and has two children. He used to be a producer for Al-Jazeera and Nile TV International and is a member of the International Press Institute. 17. According to the information received, in mid-December 2018 Mr. Elsayed travelled from Doha, where he lived and worked, to Egypt for a one-week vacation. On 31 December 2018, while at Cairo International Airport to travel back to Doha, his passport was confiscated and he was banned from travelling, without being provided with any reason. He was also instructed to go to National Security Agency headquarters on 6 October 2018 to get his passport back. 18. Mr. Elsayed allegedly went to National Security Agency headquarters several times to get his passport to no avail, until in March 2019, when it was finally given back to him. While at the airport to take a flight back to Doha for a second time, his passport was again confiscated and he was again not allowed to travel. 19. According to the source, on 22 February 2020, after he had managed to obtain a new passport, Mr. Elsayed attempted for a third time to travel to Doha, this time through Burj alArab Airport in Alexandria. On that day, his family lost contact with him, as he was allegedly arrested and subjected to enforced disappearance by National Security Agency and police officers, some in uniform and some in plainclothes, for nearly three months. Reportedly, it later emerged that he may have been taken to National Security Agency headquarters in Abis and the central security camp in Marghem. 20. The source claims that, after 75 days of having been held in a place undisclosed to his family and legal representatives, Mr. Elsayed appeared before the prosecution on 6 May 2020. He was charged with joining a terrorist group while knowing its objectives and with spreading false news (case No. 1365/2018). 21. Since then, Mr. Elsayed’s pretrial detention at Tora Prison has been “renewed periodically for 15 days” pending investigations. No trial date has been set. 22. The source argues that, during the 75 days of his enforced disappearance, Mr. Elsayed was subjected to torture. He was allegedly held in solitary confinement, blindfolded and handcuffed, throughout that period and was electrocuted all over his body. Reportedly, the torture was carried out to coerce him into confessing that he belonged to a Muslim Brotherhood media committee. 23. Mr. Elsayed is reportedly being detained in very poor conditions, in a small and overcrowded cell, with no water, sanitation or hygiene facilities or adequate ventilation. He has been allowed to receive family visits only once a month and has been denied the right to be visited by his lawyer in detention. 24. On 22 February 2020, Mr. Elsayed’s family submitted official complaints to the prosecutor concerning the enforced disappearance of Mr. Elsayed. 25. Based on the information provided, the source claims that the two journalists’ detention constitutes arbitrary deprivation of liberty under categories I, II and III. Category I 26. The source claims that the arrests of Mr. Gharib and Mr. Elsayed were arbitrary under category I, as no legal bases or justifications were provided. The prohibition of arbitrary arrest, guaranteed under article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is aimed at protecting the right to liberty, provided under article 3. In its general comment No. 35 (2014), the Human Rights Committee has stated that persons deprived of their liberty should be 3