EGYPT: UN CITES ‘WORRYING ESCALATION’ IN HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY, RIGHTS DEFENDERS

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Date: 20 Dec 2013 10:00:02 -0500
Subject: EGYPT: UN CITES 'WORRYING ESCALATION' IN HARASSMENT OF CIVIL
SOCIETY, RIGHTS DEFENDERS
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EGYPT: UN CITES 'WORRYING ESCALATION' IN HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY,
RIGHTS DEFENDERSNew York, Dec 20 2013 10:00AMThe United Nations human
rights office today called on Egyptian authorities to immediately
release all individuals detained in relation to their work as human
rights defenders, noting a "worrying escalation" in the harassment and
intimidation of civil society in the country.

The call comes after at least 50 men in civilian clothes, who were
later identified as police and security officers, raided the Cairo
office of the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights on
Wednesday.

According to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR), six members of the non-governmental organization (NGO) were
arrested and allegedly beaten, and three laptops, files and documents
were seized.

"The raiding of a human rights NGO and the arrest of six of its
members in Cairo on Wednesday night marks a worrying escalation in the
harassment and intimidation of civil society in Egypt," Ravina
Shamdasani, spokesperson for OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva.

She said that five of the individuals arrested were released after
some nine hours in custody, during which time they were reportedly
mistreated. One prominent human rights defender, Mohamed Adel Fahmi, a
member of the April 6th movement, remains in detention, his
whereabouts unknown.

"We call on Egyptian authorities to immediately release all
individuals who have been detained in relation to their work as human
rights defenders," said Ms. Shamdasani. "Intimidation of political
opponents, activists and human rights defenders for peaceful exercise
of their fundamental rights to freedom of expression and association
must be halted.

"An independent and impartial investigation needs to be conducted into
the raid on the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights," she
added.

Egypt has been undergoing a democratic transition following the
toppling of President Hosni Mubarak two years ago in the wake of mass
protests. This past July, renewed protests, in which dozens of people
were killed and wounded, led to the Egyptian military deposing
President Mohamed Morsy. The Constitution was then suspended and an
interim government set up.Dec 20 2013 10:00AM
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