valuable materials were placed in the court safe and other belongings were handed over to the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo to return to their owners. 129. In response to the prayer of the Complainants that the Respondent State conduct a thorough and impartial investigation to ensure the accountability of the alleged perpetrators, the Respondent State alleges that the allegation that Egypt had failed to conduct a proper and impartial investigation is unsound. The Respondent State submits that Egypt complied with all the international standards of breaking up assemblies and that Egyptian law abides by the same standards. 130. The State submits that following the demand from civil society organizations for the Public Prosecutor to investigate the incidents, the latter, which is an integral part of the Judiciary and whose members enjoy independence and judicial immunity, conducted all the legal investigations and measures required, gathered evidence and ascertained the conclusions of the forensic reports, which stated that the corpses of the dead persons had no trace of gas, firearm or rubber bullets. The Respondent State submits that the deaths were attributed to stampede and pandemonium and that as a result the Public Prosecutor, in compliance with the well-established national and international legal principles and rules of justice and standards of criminal justice, temporarily placed the investigation on hold, since the investigations had not been conducted into the culprits. The Respondent State also alleges that the Egyptian authorities gave clearance to Sudanese forensic scientists and the Sudanese Criminal Investigation Department to inspect the corpses of the victims, the site of the sit-in protest and to examine the relevant reports. The Respondent State alleges that subsequently, it was concluded that the “allegation was unfounded and that it should be ignored and rejected.” 131. In response to the prayer by the Complainants to review the national laws of the State relating to use of force, crowd control and demonstrations, the Respondent State stresses that rights in the African Charter, including freedom of assembly in Article 11 must be exercised “with due regard to the rights of others, collective security, morality and common interest”, as provided for in Article 27 of the Charter. 33

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