The Egyptian Government is murdering opposition activists

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the government rarely provided substantive information about the alleged shootouts.

For its new report, the rights organisation analysed nine of the incidents the Egyptian government claimed were shootouts, in which 75 alleged militants were killed. It interviewed relatives of 14 of the named individuals killed and conducted forensic analysis of pictures and video of the killings made available by the authorities.

In all 14 cases, family members of the deceased claimed that their relative was in police custody before the alleged shootout took place.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/07/egypt-accused-of-widespread-state-sanctioned-killings-of-dissidents

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