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2006-01-01 Africa North

Inquiry sought into killing of Sudanese protesters in Cairo

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Eleven Egyptian groups blamed the Ministry of the Interior for the events and also called for an inquiry. "It (the Ministry) knows no way to deal with people, whether citizens or refugees, other than by beating, crushing, extrajudicial killing, or transfer to illegal detention centres," they said in a joint statement.

If they're right, we won't be seeing any more such statements.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-01-01 04:52|| 2006-01-01 04:52|| Front Page Top

#2 What marvelous changes have taken place in this post-9/11 world! That Egyptians might even consider expecting American-style rights... let alone demand them ... would never have occurred to anyone except a few madmen in the old days. How proud Osama bin Laden must be of the effect of one of his little projects.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-01 11:12|| 2006-01-01 11:12|| Front Page Top

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