Egypt

Police Brutality and Torture According to the Human Rights Watch database, “At least 90 people died in local police stations and security directorates in the governorates of Cairo and Giza alone in 2014.” This is a 38% increase from previous years Humans have a right to due process, and protection under the law, even when they break the law “A spokesman for the authority told the newspaper that prison overcrowding had forced authorities to hold detainees in police stations and other places of temporary detention which were not well ventilated or otherwise properly equipped,” Says human Right Watch The packed prisons create a stressful and explosive environment where the smallest incident can ignite issues. Human Rights Watch reported that witnesses stated that police and prison authorities often failed to provide proper medical care to prisoners, leading to death. In some cases of deaths in detention, lawyers and relatives alleged that authorities had tortured the victim. All people, even convicts, and detainees deserve basic essentials in order to survive. This also brings the torture to light. No one in police custody should ever be subjected to torture, it is cruel and unusual punishment. There have been several reports of these acts of torture. People are reporting beatings with clubs, fists, legs, and other blunt objects. “Scores detained in January protests complained of torture, including electric shocks, to coerce confessions. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights documented the enforced disappearance and torture of dozens of civilians in military detention,” says the Human Rights Watch. This means that they are using electroshock, and other horrible forms of torture. They are also killing people and erasing their existence to prevent backlash. The issues are often well hidden due to the censorship of these people but with time, and technology these atrocities can be brought to light and stopped.

Freedom of Religion and Sectaries Violence As for the outcome of the uprising of Egypt revolutionary awareness in 2011 through 2013 673 of the 841 civilians who died were killed by gunfire, while 45died from suffocation mostly because of tear gas. Nine were crushed when security-driven vehicles plowed into crowds of protesters. 10 Christian men were taken in Syria to be assonated for being Christian and not wanting to convert. According to the United Nations website, the Universal declaration states “ Article 2- Everyone isentitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Further more, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”

Violence against protesters and the right to protest 900+ people killed during 2011 revolution New law, effective 2013 that bans protests of more than 10 people without government permission. No more gatherings in mosques. Islamist Militants that are against the government used mosques to gather people during Friday Prayer (Jumma Namaaz) to make a religious building the starting grounds of violent riots. Most people that come out to protest is usually jailed and stuffed into over-populated jails without any proper paperwork done. Police used deadly force against protesters 16 people killed on January 24th, 2015 during events that marked 4 years since the big revolution in 2011.

Violence and Discrimination against. Agents of the state: Some Egyptian police deliberately use women as pawns in their actions against male relatives suspected of crimes.   Sexual harassment: It involve to the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks. Domestic violence: It is a serious threat for us because it includes physical abuse which can range in severity from bruising to murder.  Structural violence: It refers to systematic ways in which social structures harm or otherwise disadvantage individuals. Victims of female genital mutilation: It comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.