Egypt: Amnesty slams ‘inhumane’ prison conditions
By DW
25 January 2021 |
1:00 pm
Ten years after the Arab Spring uprising overthrew the former military-backed president, prisons in Egypt are just as bad as ever, Amnesty International has reported.
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