Egypt: No Justice For Rab’a Victims 5 Years On

An Egyptian criminal court on June 30, 2018, sentenced 75 people to death for participation in demonstrations in Cairo’s Rab’a Square in 2013 that security forces violently dispersed. The trial involved more than 700 defendants, about half of whom are in custody. (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have failed to investigate or prosecute a single member of the security forces five years after their systematic and widespread killing of largely peaceful protesters in Rab’a Square in Cairo, Human Rights Watch said. Hundreds of protesters have been convicted under unfair charges in mass trials stemming…

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