Egypt denies collective punishment rumours December 21, 2020 at 11:37 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Middle East, News
An Egyptian police officer enters the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo on 11 February 2020 [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images] December 21, 2020 at 11:37 am
Egypt s Interior Ministry denied on Saturday rumours about the collective punishment of opposition detainees held in the notorious Scorpion Prison, the state-owned news agency
MENA has reported. Such claims are baseless and banned Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters seek to spread such rumours to destabilise public opinion, said a ministry official, who spoke to
MENA on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Human Rights Watch: Egypt imposes collective punishment at Scorpion prison
18.12.2020
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Egyptian authorities of making modifications to a notorious Cairo prison that amount to collective punishment of inmates following an escape attempt that left four policemen dead.
Egyptian security agencies last month had construction workers make changes inside the maximum security correction facility known as Scorpion Prison that deprive inmates of adequate ventilation, electricity and hot water, according to a statement from the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Workers removed the wall-mounted ventilators from each cell and electric sockets that inmates used to heat water for drinking and showering, HRW added. In describing the changes, it cited a three-page letter and a 13-minute video that were smuggled out of the prison. Workers also replaced the window bars in each cell with steel mesh and modified door slits in a way that obstructs potential c
Egypt uses collective punishment against prison inmates, says HRW
Watch towers at Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo 15 September 2020 [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images] December 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm
The Egyptian authorities are using collective punishment against prisoners in Cairo s notorious Scorpion Prison,
Anadolu has reported. The allegation was made by Human Rights Watch yesterday.
A report from the rights watchdog said that the Egyptian security services have introduced changes to Scorpion Prison since mid-November which almost completely deprive the inmates of ventilation, electricity and hot water. This is in addition to earlier measures banning family visits since March 2018, and the denial of physical exercise since last year.
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Rights group: Egypt imposes collective punishment at prison
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 4:15 am EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo, a Muslim Brotherhood member waves his hand from a defendants cage in a courtroom in Tora prison, known as Scorpion Prison, southern Cairo, Egypt. A human rights watchdog Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 accused Egyptian authorities of making modifications to a notorious Cairo prison that amount to “collective punishment of inmates following an escape attempt that left four policemen dead. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
CAIRO A human rights watchdog Thursday accused Egyptian authorities of making modifications to a notorious Cairo prison that amount to “collective punishment” of inmates following an escape attempt that left four policemen dead.