The executive director of Human Rights Watch and another senior staff member were denied entry to Egypt, reports the BBC.
Kenneth Roth and Sarah Leah Whitson were in Cairo to launch a HRW report on mass killings by Egyptian government security forces last year. Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, the pair were detained for 12 hours and then put on planes out of the country.
HRW said that this was the first time its staff had been denied entry into Egypt. The organisation said that its report , due to be released on Tuesday, outlined how Egyptian police and army 'methodically opened fire with live ammunition on crowds of demonstrators' after Morsi's removal from power.
Kenneth Roth and Sarah Leah Whitson were in Cairo to launch a HRW report on mass killings by Egyptian government security forces last year. Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, the pair were detained for 12 hours and then put on planes out of the country.
HRW said that this was the first time its staff had been denied entry into Egypt. The organisation said that its report , due to be released on Tuesday, outlined how Egyptian police and army 'methodically opened fire with live ammunition on crowds of demonstrators' after Morsi's removal from power.