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Egypt suspends 280 police officers for alleged human rights violations

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Egyptian Deputy Interior Minister Hamid Rashid Sunday announced the suspension and investigation of 280 police officers alleged to have abused their power and committed human rights violations. In a statement before the Egyptian Parliament, Rashid said as many as 1,164 police officers have already been fired for similar reasons. Egypt has recently come under increased scrutiny on human rights issues, with the conduct of Egyptian police and security services being especially criticized. In April, an Egyptian appeals court overturned the jail sentence of an Al Jazeera television reporter convicted for her role in producing a film on police torture. In November 2007 two police officers were sentenced to three years in prison for sodomizing and beating detainee Emad el-Kabir while videoing the incident on a cell phone. Egyptian bloggers later posted the video on the Internet. In April 2007, Amnesty International released a report criticizing Egypt for systematic human rights abuses of detainees in its police stations, military camps and centers run by State Security Investigations.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).