Egypt: Amnesty Calls for Lifting of Emergency Laws
April 21st, 2011 by Alec
Amnesty International has urged Egypt’s interim government, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), to lift the emergency laws that were put in place under the regime of Hosni Mubarak. The group further called for a thorough investigation into abuses carried out under the law by the state and its agents. Amnesty International also claims they have documented further abuses and the continuing use of torture and arbitrary detention under the laws. The SCAF has stated it will scrap the emergency law ahead of September elections.
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