Egypt: Amnesty releases damning report a day after policemen were jailed for killing detainee
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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics
Six policemen were sentenced to between three and seven years on Tuesday for beating a man to death under detention in a police station in Luxor in southern Egypt. One policeman was sentenced to seven years and the other five were given three-year sentences by a court in Qena in southern Egypt for causing death by beating and cruel acts, a judicial official told AFP. Seven police officers were also acquitted in the same trial, the source added. The case dates back to November 2015 when a man… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/07/13/egypt-amnesty-releases-damning-report-a-day-after-policemen-were-jailed-for Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
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