35. On 25 September 2008 the Secretariat acknowledged receipt of the supplementary information from the Respondent State and requested that since several pages were not legible, the State resend a legible copy. 36. On 31 October 2008, the Secretariat informed the Respondent State and the Complainant that the Communication was deferred, since the State’s submissions of supplementary information requested during the 43rd Ordinary Session were illegible and could thus not be translated. It also requested the State to send it a more legible version of its brief. On 5 January 2009, the Secretariat received from the Respondent State a legible version of the Ministerial Decree No. 139 of 1955 on “Regulations of public meetings and demonstrations in public areas.” The Secretariat acknowledged receipt on 23 January 2009. 37. On 17 January 2009, the Secretariat informed the Complainant that a more legible copy of the supplementary information was received in Arabic and has been sent for translation, and on 23 March 2009 the Secretariat transmitted the said supplementary information to the Complainant. 38. The Secretariat informed the Respondent State by a Note Verbale dated 03 July 2012 that a draft decision on Admissibility was being prepared. 39. On 15 November 2012 and 31 May 2013, the Secretariat informed the Respondent State and the Complainants that the Communication was deferred. 40. At its 15th Extra-Ordinary Session which took place from 07 to 14 March 2014, the Commission declared the Communication Admissible. 41. By a Note Verbale and letter dated 26 March 2014 the Respondent State and the Complainant respectively were informed of the Commission’s decision on Admissibility and the Complainants were requested to submit on the Merits within 60 days. 42. On 30 May 2014, the Secretariat received the submission of the Complainants on the Merits, which were acknowledged and transmitted to the Respondent 9

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