UN: States Denounce Egypt’s Rights Record

Expand The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.  © 2017 Reuters (Geneva) – United Nations member countries offered strong criticism and scores of recommendations addressing Egypt’s human rights crisis at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on November 13, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. During the review, countries across all regions called on Egypt to end torture and ill-treatment, investigate crimes committed by security forces, allow nongovernmental organizations and activists to work independently,…

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