Egypt Apparently Tortures Many Dissidents

Major news media doesn’t really cover things of this nature for some reason. Maybe its not profitable? However, there have been many instances of torture in Egypt, which covers many facets of society, not just war criminals. Women, children and others have been subjected to the human rights violations.

Torture in Egypt says:

Torture in Egypt has become a wide-scale systematic behavior and policy, the report revealed, adding that torture is approved of and encouraged by higher authorities. The organization submitted a complete file which includes the names of victims and their torturers to the United Nations Human Rights Council and other concerned international bodies. Through the submission, the AOHR hopes to fulfill its obligation to the thousands of detainees in Egyptian prisons, which do not meet the minimum international standards for incarceration. All previous appeals by the AOHR to improve the status of human rights in Egypt have been disregarded, the report added.<br> <br> While previously restricted to detention centers, torture is now widely used at police stations and illegal detention areas, said the report, adding that it is not only being used on the political opposition, but also on criminal suspects and others who are not suspected of a crime.<br> <br> The report also points out that 285 instances of torture have been recorded, resulting in 119 deaths over a nine-year period. The number of forced disappearances has also increased, with 73 people disappearing between 1992 and 2009. Of the 73 disappearances, 56 are still missing.

Recently, a blogger got four years in prison because of posting some sensitive comments on his blog, says Reuters:

Blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, then 22, was arrested in 2006 and charged with publishing opinions aimed at disturbing public order, insulting the head of state and defaming Islam. He was expelled from al-Azhar University, Egypt’s most prestigious seat of Islamic learning.

Sixteen human rights groups did a report on Egypt, which said this AP:

“The basic feature of human rights in Egypt today is the prevalence of a policy of exception in which those responsible for violations usually escape punishment amid a climate of impunity intentionally created and fostered for several decades,”