HRW condemns Egypt for execution of political prisoners

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned Egyptian authorities for the execution of three Muslim Brotherhood members.

The three men were sentenced to death last year following their confessions related to the 2014 killing of a judge’s son in Mansoura. These confessions, though, were reportedly extracted through torture, which included electrical shocks and beatings and threats of additional harm to their families while the men were held in detention.

The prisoners were executed Thursday morning after their appeal was rejected.

Michael Page, deputy director at HRW for the Middle East and North Africa, stated:

Egypt’s government committed a glaring injustice by executing three men who apparently gave “confessions” extracted through electric shock and other torture. The government should immediately impose a moratorium on executions, which magnify the cruelty of unfair trials.

Human rights experts have continuously attempted to draw attention to the unfair trials and abusive tactics that have resulted in death sentences in Egypt.

Source: Jurist