Egypt is full of history, landmarks and nature. An average of fifteen million people visit Egypt each year to explore one of the birthplaces of human civilization. While these tourists travel and live within the counties borders freely, the 83.9 million residents of Egypt do not have this same luxury. Since the beginning of the reign of “President” Mubarak, the Egyptian government has been corrupt and abusive. Government officials and the state police use their powers not for the good and wellbeing of the people, but rather to abuse and exploit this power against the citizens of Egypt. The current president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has done little to nothing to improve his corrupt government. Police continue to torture and treat the general public
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Egypt didn’t get the memo. The sick police holding the detainees perform gruesome torture on the poor souls. “Among the methods of torture employed are techniques previously used by state security during Mubarak’s rule. These include the use of electric shocks, rape, handcuffing detainees and suspending them from open doors. Another hanging method, known as “the grill”, involves handcuffing the detainee’s hands and legs to an iron rod and suspending the rod between two opposite chairs until the detainee’s legs go numb. Security forces then start using electric shocks on the person’s legs.” (“Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi”.) In February of 2014 a 17 year old student was taken into custody for being part of the Muslim Brotherhood. He remained in custody for 47 days without ever receiving a trial. What he did receive was torture, nearly every day. “They cut my shirt, blindfolded me with it and handcuffed me from behind…they beat me with batons all over my body, particularly on the chest, back and face…Then they put two wires in my left and right little fingers and gave me electric shocks four or five times.” (Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi”.) The poor kid was sexually assaulted as well, and received electric shocks and sharp objects to his …show more content…
Many human rights are being violated towards the citizens of Egypt every day. Eight Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have been broken by the misdoings of the Egyptian government and police. The United Nations need to address these problems in Egypt. The United Nations need to look into the situation in Egypt to identify those responsible with a view to ensure that the perpetrators of the Human Rights violations are held accountable. All support to Egypt needs to be stopped until the issues of Egypt’s inhumane crimes are stopped and the violators of International Law be accountable for their actions. {This guy needs work
Egypt didn’t get the memo. The sick police holding the detainees perform gruesome torture on the poor souls. “Among the methods of torture employed are techniques previously used by state security during Mubarak’s rule. These include the use of electric shocks, rape, handcuffing detainees and suspending them from open doors. Another hanging method, known as “the grill”, involves handcuffing the detainee’s hands and legs to an iron rod and suspending the rod between two opposite chairs until the detainee’s legs go numb. Security forces then start using electric shocks on the person’s legs.” (“Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi”.) In February of 2014 a 17 year old student was taken into custody for being part of the Muslim Brotherhood. He remained in custody for 47 days without ever receiving a trial. What he did receive was torture, nearly every day. “They cut my shirt, blindfolded me with it and handcuffed me from behind…they beat me with batons all over my body, particularly on the chest, back and face…Then they put two wires in my left and right little fingers and gave me electric shocks four or five times.” (Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi”.) The poor kid was sexually assaulted as well, and received electric shocks and sharp objects to his …show more content…
Many human rights are being violated towards the citizens of Egypt every day. Eight Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have been broken by the misdoings of the Egyptian government and police. The United Nations need to address these problems in Egypt. The United Nations need to look into the situation in Egypt to identify those responsible with a view to ensure that the perpetrators of the Human Rights violations are held accountable. All support to Egypt needs to be stopped until the issues of Egypt’s inhumane crimes are stopped and the violators of International Law be accountable for their actions. {This guy needs work