16/03/2014
Abuse claims rife as Egypt admits jailing 16,000 Islamists in eight months
Egypt?s crackdown on Islamists has seen 16,000 people jailed over the past eight months in the country?s biggest such campaign in nearly two decades, according to previously unreleased figures from security officials. Rights activists say reports of abuses in prisons are mounting, with prisoners describing systematic beatings and miserable conditions, with dozens packed...
