|
|||||||
:: Arab Revolutions > EGYPT | |||||||
![]() UNHRC Discusses Torture in Egypt Detention Centres
The European Alliance for Human Rights presents complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Council's 28th Regular Session (2-27 March 2015) regarding torture of detainees, including minors, at security centres across Egypt.
|
|||||||
Monday, March 23,2015 15:58 | |||||||
|
|||||||
Today, the European Alliance for Human Rights (AED) attended the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva and presented a number of complaints regarding the torture of detainees and the numerous illegal detention centres in Egypt. Incidents of torture include the torture of minors, the application of electric shocks to sensitive body parts, hanging by the hands, blindfolding for several days and locking detainees in crammed cells. In addition, convicted criminal prisoners terrorised and abused political prisoners inside police stations – actions such as these are blatant violations of the Child Protection Convention as well as the Egyptian Child Law of 1996. As an example, 12 minors were kidnapped from their homes, held incommunicado for 4 days at Dikhila Police Station, handcuffed for days and subjected to electric shocks. They had no access to their lawyers or families for several days, and were further subjected to other forms of cruel and harsh mistreatment.
|
|||||||
tags: Coup / Anti-Coup / Egyptian Authorities / Pro-Legitimacy / Prison / Pro-Legitimacy / Egyptian Revolution / Egyptian People / Egyptians / Military Junta / Military Coup
Posted in EGYPT |
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
Related Articles | |||||||