TIMEP Brief: Detention Conditions in Egypt

Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy

Author(s): TIMEP

Original Link: 
https://timep.org/reports-briefings/timep-brief-detention-conditions-in-egypt/

Summary: In September 2016, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information estimatedthat there were about 106,000 detained persons in Egypt, though ANHRI noted these were modest estimates. Detainees in Egypt have been held in a variety of facilities including prisons, police stations, as well as in secret and illegal locations (like military camps and central security camps).  Reports of torture and maltreatment, inadequate access to medical care, overcrowding, and neglected facilities continue to be made by detainees, civil society organizations, and independent monitors. Egyptian authorities have consistently denied these reports of poor prison conditions.

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