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Africa: North
Egypt holding 2,400 without charge since Taba bombings
2005-02-23
Egypt is still holding as many as 2,400 people without charge four months after the devastating anti-Israeli bomb attacks in Sinai tourist resorts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. "The state security investigation agency conducted mass arrests in northern Sinai without a warrant or judicial order, as required by Egyptian law," the New York-based group said in a report. "As many as 2,400 detainees are still being held incommunicado" following the October 7 bombings which killed 34 people, many of them Israeli tourists, in car bomb attacks on the Taba Hilton hotel and two holiday camps in Nuweiba. "The government has not released information on the whereabouts of these detainees either to their families or lawyers representing them, and has not indicated if any have been charged with crimes," said HRW.
Posted by:Fred

#6  trailing wife : Question :

Where is the place prison guards go in Cairo for "alligator clips"?

Answer:
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-23 3:25:25 PM  

#5  Why, the mere attachment of electrodes is an accepted torture method, Big Ed -- don't you remember Abu Ghraib? Besides, the alligator clips pinch.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-02-23 3:07:52 PM  

#4  *yawn*
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-23 1:45:08 PM  

#3  Egypt holding 2,400 without charge since Taba bombings...

You mean they have gien up attaching electrodes to sensitive body parts?
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-23 1:27:38 PM  

#2  Where's the International outrage over these illegal holdings!? Where's ANSWER!? Oh yeah, over the border at Isreali prisons trying to free killers.
Posted by: Charles   2005-02-23 7:10:12 AM  

#1  That's a lot of "usual suspects." On second thought, this is Egypt, so maybe not...
Posted by: PBMcL   2005-02-23 12:54:35 AM  

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