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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for administrative detention (egypt)
1 results foundAuthor: Amnesty International Title: Time for Justice: Egypt's Corrosive System of Detention Summary: Under a state of emergency enforced continuously for 30 years, Egyptian authorities can arrest anyone they choose on the mere suspicion that they might be a threat to public order and security. They can then detain them by administrative order without charge or trial or any effective means of remedy, in practice for as long as they like. Tens of thousands of people have suffered this injustice. Some have been held for years despite repeated court orders for their release. Many have been tortured or ill-treated. Emergency legislation has entrenched other patterns of serious human rights abuses, including police brutality, enforced disappearance, unfair trial and systematic repression of free speech and political opposition. This report, published in the wake of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, documents these patterns of abuse and the individual cases of many victims. Once again, Amnesty international is calling on the authorities to lift the state of emergency, repeal emergency legislation and end the corrosive system of administrative detention. It is also urging the interim authorities to use this extraordinary moment in Egypt’s history to create a state that is based on respect for human rights and a justice system that can finally deliver justice. Details: London: Amnesty International, 2011. 78p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 5, 2011 at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/mde120292011en_15.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Egypt URL: http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/mde120292011en_15.pdf Shelf Number: 121969 Keywords: Administrative Detention (Egypt)Detention PracticesHuman Rights |