Amnesty International accuses the Egyptian government of hundreds of kidnappings, torturing hundreds of students, political activists, protesters and even young teenagers in the last three years. According to Amnesty International left no trace missing after military or police forces raided their homes.
Most of them are supporters of ousted former President Mohammed Morsi supported by the Muslim Brotherhood. The report details seventeen cases of kidnapped and tortured to the Egyptian authorities denied access to lawyers and family
Amnesty International spokesman Riccardo Noury, explained in Rome. “We know that in Egypt disappears average of three to four people every day. Disappear. Their families do not know where they are. Disappeared, are tortured in prisons. “
Deficit human rights since the presidency of Al Sisi
Sometimes some Egyptian policemen become processed. Convictions are mild. Last Tuesday, for example, six officers were sentenced to between three and seven years in prison for torturing and killing a detainee.
Many of the abductees are hooded and handcuffed for months. Some of them suffer severe beatings, electric shocks all over his body and broken arms and legs hangings in contorted positions.
According to human rights organizations, cases of torture in Egypt increased since the coup General Abdel Fatah state of Al-Sisi 2013.
in March, the European Parliament condemned the brutal crackdown on political dissent in Egypt. He had just disappeared an Italian student in Cairo. He was found dead and the body showed clear signs of torture. Giulio Regeni preparing a doctoral thesis on the Egyptian unions.
As is the norm in countries known for torturing the Egyptian government denied that carry out kidnappings. The Foreign Ministry said the Amnesty International reports on Egypt are biased, politically motivated, spreading false rumors and support terrorist groups. Meanwhile, kidnappings still under Egyptian military rule.
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