Egypt Arrests Human Rights Leader Continuing Crackdown On Dissent Cairo (ap) — a leading international rights group assailed egyptian authorities on wednesday, accusing them of using abductions, torture and other shocking tactics as a tool to stifle dissent and appealing on the egyptian president to acknowledge and investigate serious human rights violations. “this report reveals the shocking and ruthless tactics that the egyptian authorities are prepared to employ in their efforts to terrify protesters and dissidents into silence,” said philip luther, director of the middle east and north africa programme at amnesty international.
Opinion Egypt S Opposition Must Unite Against The Regime Or Risk London — egyptian police have been implicated in an “unprecedented spike” in enforced disappearances since early 2015 aimed at quashing dissent, amnesty international said in a report wednesday. The authorities failed to adequately prevent gender based violence by state and non state actors, amid a proliferation of reports in egyptian media of killings of women by family members or rejected suitors. women were prosecuted for speaking out against sexual violence or on “morality” grounds. The egyptian authorities have embarked on a new wave of arbitrary arrests of dozens of people against the backdrop of calls for anti government protests amid rising public discontent at soaring prices and ongoing power cuts, amnesty international said today. Egyptian authorities have embarked on a renewed crackdown on peaceful dissent, through arbitrary detentions and politically motivated criminal investigations, while preparing to defend the country’s human rights record during the universal period review by the un on 28 january, amnesty international said today.
Egypt Activist Human Rights Situation Worse Than Ever Cnn Video The egyptian authorities have embarked on a new wave of arbitrary arrests of dozens of people against the backdrop of calls for anti government protests amid rising public discontent at soaring prices and ongoing power cuts, amnesty international said today. Egyptian authorities have embarked on a renewed crackdown on peaceful dissent, through arbitrary detentions and politically motivated criminal investigations, while preparing to defend the country’s human rights record during the universal period review by the un on 28 january, amnesty international said today. The report included 29 cases in egypt that involved arrests and prosecutions, including against foreigners, suggesting a coordinated policy—either directed or acquiesced to by senior. Cairo—a leading international rights group assailed egyptian authorities on wednesday, accusing them of using abductions, torture and other shocking tactics as a tool to stifle dissent. “this report reveals the shocking and ruthless tactics that the egyptian authorities are prepared to employ in their efforts to terrify protesters and dissidents into silence,” said philip luther, director of the middle east and north africa program at amnesty international. A surge in arbitrary arrests, detentions and harrowing incidents of torture and deaths in police custody recorded by amnesty international provide strong evidence of the sharp deterioration in human rights in egypt in the year since president mohamed morsi was ousted.