"Work on him until he confesses" : impunity for torture in Egypt

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"Work on him until he confesses" : impunity for torture in Egypt

Title remainder

impunity for torture in Egypt

Statement of responsibility

Human Rights Watch

Title variation

• Impunity for torture in Egypt
• Egypt:

Title variation remainder

"work on him until he confesses"

Creator

• Human Rights Watch (Organization)

Contributor

• Haas, Danielle
• Levine, Iain
• Morayef, Heba
• Stork, Joe

Subject

• Human rights -- Egypt
• Police brutality -- Egypt
• Torture -- Egypt
• Torture -- Government policy -- Egypt
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- Egypt

Language

eng

Summary

Torture is widespread in Egypt--used by law enforcement officers for Criminal Investigations and State Security Investigations (SSI) in a deliberate and systematic manner to glean confessions and information or to punish both criminal and political detainees. Since most torture cases are not prosecuted, police abuse is common and law enforcement officers are free to act with impunity. For example, SSI officers are not permitted to detain people but frequently carry out enforced disappearances and interrogate and abuse suspects. The government maintains that incidents of torture are isolated and that it investigates each one. While prosecutors open investigation files on each formal complaint, a number of factors prevent most cases progressing to court, including police intimidation of victims and witnesses who pursue complaints, the prosecution's limited resources and lack of independence, an inadequate legal framework, and the fact that police from the same unit as the alleged perpetrator are responsible for gathering evidence and summoning witnesses. This report documents the obstacles that exist to prosecuting law enforcement officers for torture and finds the government is failing to provide torture victims effective remedy, or to deter such abuses in the future by holding perpetrators accountable. 'Work on Him until He Confesses' urges the Egyptian government to investigate all credible allegations of torture and ill-treatment, even in the absence of a formal complaint. Prosecutors should conduct these inquiries promptly, impartially, and thoroughly, ensuring they investigate all those allegedly responsible, including superiors, and without involving alleged abusers in gathering evidence

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NLA

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no index present

LC call number

HV8599.E3

LC item number

M67 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography