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Africa: North |
Egypt Police Encircle Anti-Torture Protest |
2005-06-27 |
![]() Two protesters were injured during the protest and taken to a hospital, but their condition was not immediately known. International and local human rights groups have accused Egyptian security authorities of illegally detaining and torturing people, saying it is systematic, a charge the government denies. Susan Nadim from a victims of torture group said her center reported 32 cases of people dying as a result of torture in Egyptian prisons during the last month alone. Human rights activist and protest organizer Aida Seif el-Dawla said all the cases of torture were reported to the prosecutor-general. "We even held sit-ins at the prosecutor-general's office when they dismissed cases," she said. |
Posted by:Fred |