U.N. Body Criticizes Egyptian Crackdown on Dissent
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Version 0 of 1. A group of 27 countries on the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed concerns on Friday over the Egyptian government’s wide-scale use of violence against opposition protesters, the first reprimand from the international body since a bloody crackdown on dissent in the country began last year. In the declaration, the 27 countries, including Britain, France, Turkey and the United States, called on the Egyptian government to be held accountable for its actions. “We express concern about the restrictions on the rights to peaceful assembly, expression and association, and about the disproportionate use of lethal force by security forces against demonstrators which resulted in large numbers of deaths and injuries,” the declaration said. |