A/HRC/13/40/Add.1 district, who reportedly had been raped by a 21 year-old Christian man from the village of Al Kom Al Ahmar in Farshout district. The man was arrested and is currently in detention. 82. On 21 November 2009, at approximately 2:30 a.m., at least three shops owned by Coptic Christians in Farshout were set on fire. Consequently, church leaders instructed Coptic Christians not to leave their homes or open their shops on that day for fear of further attacks. Later on the same day, at least 50 Muslim individuals, mostly from the girl’s extended family, started gathering outside of the Farshout police station demanding that the Christian suspect in the rape case be handed over to them. They were told by the police that the investigations were ongoing and that the forensic report was still pending. The Muslim individuals then started attacking Coptic property, breaking into closed shops and stealing their contents before setting them on fire. According to the allegations, fifteen shops and pharmacies were destroyed as well as a motorcycle and a bus owned by the local Coptic church. The attacks continued until the evening of 21 November 2009. Security forces arrived reportedly two hours after the beginning of the attacks and did not exert enough efforts to stop the attacks carried out by the mob. By the end of the day, the police reportedly arrested 70 men and charged them with arson and destruction of property. They seem to currently remain in detention. The public prosecution office inspected the damages but has not released its report yet. 83. On 23 November 2009, similar attacks were carried out in the neighbouring village of Abu Shousha (Abu Tesht district). One pharmacy and three shops were reportedly set on fire around 2:00 a.m., however no one was arrested in relation to the attacks. While reports suggest that the situation seems to be relatively calm, fears are being expressed that a back lash may occur in other places unless prompt preventive measures are not taken by the authorities. (b) Response from the Government dated 4 January 2010 84. On 4 January 2010, the Government of Egypt replied to the communication of 26 November 2009. Since the Special Rapporteur had not received the response’s translation from the relevant services at the time this report was finalized, she is unfortunately not in a position to summarize in English the content of the Government’s response in the present report. However, a copy of the original response letter is available online at the following address: www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/religion/docs/response040110egypt.pdf. (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 85. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of Egypt replied to the communication of 26 November 2009 and hopes to be able to make observations on the response in the next report. G. 1. France Communication envoyée le 20 novembre 2009 en tant que lettre de suivi après la visite de la Rapporteuse spéciale en France en septembre 2006 86. Dans une lettre de suivi envoyée le 20 novembre 2009, la Rapporteuse spéciale réitérait son appréciation pour la coopération du Gouvernement concernant sa visite en France du 18 au 29 septembre 2006. Elle soulignait que le suivi des rapports des visites dans les pays était d’une importance cruciale pour la coopération et le dialogue entre les Rapporteurs spéciaux et les Etats. En faisant référence à son dernier rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme (A/HRC/10/8, paragraphe 17), la Rapporteuse spéciale indiquait que le but de ces lettres de suivi après les visites dans les pays était de recevoir des informations 24