| Aljazeera.net has received a statement from the Arab Commission for Human Rights alleging security surveillance of pro-reform protesters in Egypt. The Paris-based commission said in the statement women who were beaten and sexually harassed while protesting against Egypt's referendum vote of 25 May, have been receiving threats to drop complaints they filed against their alleged aggressors. The referendum sought popular support for a constitutional amendment suggested by the government and approved by the parliament. The Commission, which is an international NGO (non-governmental organisation) in special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, considered the alleged attacks on protesters an "insult to human rights and Arab and Islamic values". The statement urged "all honourable men and women in the Arab homeland" to support the victims and put an end to such "barbarian practices". |