HRW RESEARCHER: MASS KILLING CONTINUES IN EGYPT

The HRW report investigated claims of mass killings during last year’s protests in Cairo.

Cairo, 20 Shawal 1435/17 Agustus 2014 (MINA) – A researcher at Human Rights Watch, Omar Shaker, has confirmed that the facts documented in the latest HRW report on the Rabaa massacre are unquestionable, and that the killing of protesters is still ongoing.

In an interview with Aljazeera, Shaker, who contributed to the report, said that the Egyptian judiciary has not done justice to the martyrs and wounded, according to Middle East Monitor reports quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA).

He added that accountability for the killings will be an uphill battle, but that officials should be aware that they will not escape prosecution.

“The problem is that we live in a world without complete justice. But everyone should agree that flagrant violations of human rights should be addressed, and those responsible should be held accountable,” he said.

He added that what happened in Rabaa and Nahda was “a planned violent dispersal” by authorities, and that there was no justification for police to open fire on unarmed protesters the way they did on 14 August.

Yesterday earlier, three pro-Morsi protesters were killed and dozens injured in clashes with the police during rallies in the capital on Friday afternoon, following the ongoing rallies held by Anti Coup Alliance Group since two years ago.

According to the security source two protesters were killed in Faysal district and one masked demonstrator, who reportedly possessed explosives, was killed near El-Hawamdeya police station, both in Giza, Egypt’s Ahram reported.

Meanwhile an brotherhood official source at the Anti-Coup Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance said,”We are still committed to our peaceful approach, and reject all violence”.

“Military coup authorities are fully responsible for any violence or security chaos, such as this, and which we certainly reject,” the official said.

The alliance made a statement in response to the broadcast by a number of websites of a video recording where masked gunmen in southern Cairo spoke about the adoption of armed violence against the military coup in their neighborhood.

“The Anti-Coup Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance warned repeatedly of reaching this point as a result of coup violence and criminality and the absence of real justice. Currently, the judiciary are being used as a tool to punish honorable Egyptians, especially opponents of the coup,” he added said.(T/P03/P04/E01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)