A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 her several specific questions about her religious beliefs and her affiliation with the Ahmadi confession. Her lawyer argued that the clause on showing contempt for religion was unconstitutional, pointing pointed out that the suspect could not be asked about her religious beliefs as this violated constitutional protections for freedom of belief and personal freedom, upheld by Articles 41 and 46 of the Constitution. Subsequently, the prosecutor ordered the release of Ms. Ni'maat Sayed Ahmed. 104. The Special Procedures mandate holders urged the Government to take all necessary measures to guarantee that the rights and freedoms of Dr. Mohamed Hatem Mohamed Halmy Al-Shafi'y, Mr. Khaled Ezzat Abdel-Samea Mohamed Gaber, Mr. Ibrahim Mostafa Mohamed Al-Gabry Atallah, Mr. Ibrahim Mahmoud Ahmed Sa'eed, Mr. Mostafa Hassan Ahmed Abul-Leef, Mr. Ma'rouf Saber Al-Sayed Abdallah, Mr. Ashraf Abdel-Fadel Ibrahim Al-Khayyal, Mr. Mahmoud Wafdi Mohamed Hassan, and Mr. Nasr Abdel-Mon'iem Mohamed Nassr are respected and, in the event that the investigations support or suggest the above allegations to be correct, the accountability of any person guilty of the alleged acts should be ensured. (b) No response received from the Government (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 105. The Special Rapporteur regrets that he has so far not received a reply from the Government of Egypt concerning the allegations in the urgent appeal of 19 May 2010. He would like to appeal to the Government to ensure the right to freedom of religion or belief of the above mentioned members of the Ahmadiyyah community in accordance with articles 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 106. The Special Rapporteur would also like to refer to General Assembly resolution 64/164, in which the Assembly urges States “(a) To ensure that their constitutional and legislative systems provide adequate and effective guarantees of freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief to all without distinction, inter alia, by the provision of effective remedies in cases where the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, or the right to practise freely one’s religion, including the right to change one’s religion or belief, is violated; (b) To ensure that no one within their jurisdiction is deprived of the right to life, liberty or security of person because of religion or belief and that no one is subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or arbitrary arrest or detention on that account and to bring to justice all perpetrators of violations of these rights [...]”. 4. (a) Communication sent on 30 November 2010 jointly with the Independent Expert on minority issues Allegations transmitted to the Government 107. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information regarding Mr. Fouad Tawadros, Mr. Roumany Sedrak, Mr. Wasfi Tadros, Mr. Bedeir Metri, Mr. Noel Atalla, Mr. Fekry Abdalla, Mr. Antar Gerges, Mr. Mahrous Gerges, Mr. Roumany Wanis, Mr. Masoud Nagi, Mr. Nabil Saber, Mr. Metry Moussa, Mr. Nabil Atalla, Mr. Naeem Hakim, Mr. Abdelmalak Youhanna, Mr. Philip Salib, Mr. Fekry Abdalla, Mr. Boshra A. Gendy, Mr. Fakhry Metri, Mr. Shohdy Metri, Mr. Kamal Aziz, Mr. Fokeih Aziz, Mr. Metri M. Faltaos, Mr. Ghayeth F. Sefein, Mr. Wadid A. Boshra, Mr. Shawki Helmi, Mr. Farid A. Moussa, Mr. Wasef Rashed, Mr. Roumany Sedrak and Mr. Wasfi Tadros, who are all Coptic Christians living in the village of Elnawahed, Abou Tisht district, Qina governorate, Egypt. 23

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