Egypt urged to protect slum-dwellers after rockslide official acquitted

Wednesday 22 September 2010 Amnesty International has called for decisive and inclusive action to protect people living in slums in Egypt after a senior Cairo city official was cleared of negligence over the deaths of at least 119 people in a rockslide in September 2008. Amnesty International has called for decisive and inclusive action to protect people living in slums in Egypt after a senior Cairo city official was cleared of negligence over the deaths of at least 119 people in a rockslide in September 2008.A vice-governor of Cairo and a local authority employee had their sentences for causing…

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