03. Egypt Exposes “Terrorist Brotherhood” in Front of the World

Egyptian human rights groups slammed the Muslim Brotherhood at an assembly of the UNHRC, the purpose of which was to review the state of human rights in Egypt. The Egyptian interim-Minister of Justice Ibrāhīm Muhinīdī addressed the assembly which included delegates from 125 nations in addition to numerous international and Egyptian human rights organizations. The previous two days witnessed intense efforts by a delegation of human rights groups to criticize the Brotherhood: Kimāl al-Hilbāwī the former head of the National Council for Human Rights said the Brotherhood had been colluding with armed groups since the Rabaʿa sit-in during a side session, and protests and a press conference were held outside the assembly denouncing the Brotherhood and al-Jazeera. During the conference, speakers said that those seeking to cause problems in Egypt “do not deserve an Egyptian passport” and that a file with 3,000 accusations against the Brotherhood would be brought before the U.N. the next week. 

(Hudá Rashwān, Mahmūd Hasūnah, and Akram Sāmī; al-Watan; November 5^th 2014)

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