Amid accusations that Egypt’s prisons have become tombs for dissidents, members of parliament’s Human Rights Committee are preparing to investigate first-hand.
Egypt has long faced international condemnation for allegedly torturing prisoners and making people “disappear.” On July 13, Amnesty International issued yet another report — some have called it “damning” — accusing Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) of abducting, torturing and forcibly disappearing people “to intimidate opponents and wipe out peaceful dissent.”