The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

UN criticizes crackdown on dissent

The UN human rights body criticized, in a statement, the Egyptian government handling of the pro-democracy demos over the past couple of months. Three UN human rights experts "expressed alarm regarding the excessive use of force displayed against judges, human rights defenders, journalists and civil society in general during their peaceful protests in support of the independence of the judiciary and the two investigated judges."

The Arabic press release could be found here.