Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused top officials in Egypt of likely "crimes against humanity" in an August 14, 2013 *****down in which hundreds of protesters were killed. Security forces stormed two sit-ins of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares on that day, resulting in what HRW termed "one of the largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history." A HRW report said its own investigation into the *****down and interviews with more than 200 witnesses showed that security forces intentionally used "excessive lethal force" in breaking the sit-ins. "The killings **t only constituted serious violations of international human rights, but likely amounted to crimes against humanity," according to the report, which HRW released to mark one year since the carnage. HRW said its report identifies the most senior security officials and key leaders in the chain of command "who should be investigated .. including Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, then defence minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Medhat Menshawy," who led the *****down at Rabaa al-Adawiya.
08-17-2014, 08:31 AM
HRW urges 'crimes against humanity' probe of top Egypt officials
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused top officials in Egypt of likely "crimes against humanity" in an August 14, 2013 *****down in which hundreds of protesters were killed. Security forces stormed two sit-ins of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares on that day, resulting in what HRW termed "one of the largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history." A HRW report said its own investigation into the *****down and interviews with more than 200 witnesses showed that security forces intentionally used "excessive lethal force" in breaking the sit-ins. "The killings **t only constituted serious violations of international human rights, but likely amounted to crimes against humanity," according to the report, which HRW released to mark one year since the carnage. HRW said its report identifies the most senior security officials and key leaders in the chain of command "who should be investigated .. including Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, then defence minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Medhat Menshawy," who led the *****down at Rabaa al-Adawiya.
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