Egypt: Investigate Treatment of Detained American

Expand Khaled Hassan, an Egyptian-American citizen, claimed authorities disappeared him on January 8 and severely abused him. © Private  (Beirut, August 9, 2019) – Egyptian authorities should investigate the conditions of US citizen Khaled Hassan who attempted suicide in July 2019 while in pretrial detention in Tora prison, Human Rights Watch and The Freedom Initiative said today. An independent inquiry is needed into Khaled Hassan’s allegations that he was tortured in detention, as well as other violations of prisoners’ rights in Egyptian prisons. Hassan, a 42-year-old Egyptian American limousine…

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