Egyptian President el-Sissi condemned for 'flagrant human rights abuses' in first year [View all]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW), the New York-based campaign group, marked el-Sissi's first year in power by issuing a critical report on its website.

"The el-Sissi government is acting as though to restore stability Egypt needs a dose of repression the likes of which it hasn't seen for decades, but its treatment is killing the patient," wrote Joe Stork, HRW's deputy Middle East and North Africa director.

Since the removal of democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, hundreds of his supporters have been killed and thousands jailed. Egypt says Morsi's party, the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood, is a threat to national security.

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