A blatant disregard for human rights: Prison conditions in Egypt.
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A Blatant Disregard for Human Rights: Prison Conditions in Egypt Jared Berney (329338) Professor Bill Skidmore TA: Sima Quadeer Submitted: March 4, 2003 A Blatant Disregard for Human Rights: Prison Conditions in Egypt Egypt: a country with a population of over 69 000 000 people, home to some of the worlds most fascinating structures (like the Pyramid's and The Great Sphinx), and a main contributor to a good deal of the world's trade industry (most notably petroleum products and cotton textiles) 1. One would expect such an affluent country to be a nation thriving on high integrity and proper treatment of its citizens. This is anything but the case. In what has been referred to as "appalling", "life-threatening" and a "filthy system", the prison conditions in Egypt and the procedures that accompany it are testament to a true human rights violation and are in dangerous need of improvement. From the moment an accused person is arrested until...


