Lawyers accuse Egypt of crimes against humanity

A team of UK-based lawyers have accused the Egyptian military and interim government of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in a report released this weekend.

The team was appointed by the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom of Justice Party (FJP), with lead lawyer Tyab Ali saying,
"Evidence we have collected in the course of our investigation shows a prima facie case that the following crimes occurred: murder, unlawful imprisonment, torture, persecution against an identifiable group, and forced disappearance of persons and other inhumane acts of a similar character, intentionally causing great suffering or serious injury to body or mental and physical health".
See the report from Al Jazeera here.

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