The real story behind Egypt's "shootouts" | Human Rights Watch

The Real Story Behind Egypt's "Shootouts"

(Beirut, September 7, 2021) - Egypt's Interior Ministry police and National Security Agency officers have apparently killed dozens of alleged ...

(Beirut, September 7, 2021) - Police from the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior and officials from the National Security Agency have reportedly killed dozens of suspected "terrorists" across the country in what they call "shootings," said Human Rights Watch in a report released today.

The 101-page report "Security Forces Dealt with Them: Suspicious Killings and Extrajudicial Executions by Egyptian Security Forces" found that the alleged armed militants killed in the so-called shootings posed no immediate threat to security forces or anything other than they were killed and, in many cases, were already in custody. Egypt's international partners should stop arms transfers to Egypt and impose sanctions on the security agencies and officials most responsible for the ongoing abuses.

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