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Egypt Prisons

Egypt Prisons

Are Prisons well kept in Egypt?

How are convicts treated in Prisons within Egypt?

Who oversees the penal code for Egypt Prisons?

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Egypt's prisons swamped with Morsi supporters:

Authorities are imprisoning anyone thought to be against them, from Brotherhood officials to grassroots activists. Ref. Source 4

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Videos from Egypt prisons paint bleak picture:

Leaked testimonies describe arbitrary arrests, forced confessions, torture and filthy conditions in overcrowded cells. Ref. Source 5

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Al Jazeera Journo Abdullah El-Shamy Goes On Hunger Strike In Egyptian Jail:

Jailed Al Jazeera reporter Abdullah El-Shamy, who has been detained for eight months after reporting on the government's massacre at Raba'a, is now on his eighth week of a hunger strike to protest his internment. Ref. Source 9

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Egyptian court jails over 100 Mursi supporters:

More than 100 supporters of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Mursi were sentenced to ten years in jail on Saturday on charges of killing and inciting violence, judicial sources said. Ref. Source 8

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Secret video of Greste's hell

SECRET footage leaked from prisoners where Peter Greste is being held, shows he is sleeping on a dirt floor, beside an open dirty and rusting "pit" toilet. Ref. Source 6

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Egypt's prisons still rife with torture:

Human rights groups say at least 25,000 people have been detained in the past year, while dozens have died in custody. Ref. Source 4

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Retrial in Egypt al-Jazeera case

Egypt's highest court orders retrial in case of three al-Jazeera journalists jailed for spreading false news Ref. BBC