US State Dept. human rights report on Egypt | تقرير الخارجية الامريكية عن حقوق الانسان فى العالم
2008 U.S State Department (foreign ministry) report on human rights in Egypt that angered Mubarak’s government. The U.S. regime supports Mubarak’s human rights violations with billion dollars of aid every year to crack down on the opposition.
The government’s respect for human rights remained poor, and serious abuses continued in many areas. The government limited citizens’ right to change their government and continued a state of emergency that has been in place almost continuously since 1967. Security forces used unwarranted lethal force and tortured and abused prisoners and detainees, in most cases with impunity. Prison and detention center conditions were poor. Security forces arbitrarily arrested and detained individuals, in some cases for political purposes, and kept them in prolonged pretrial detention. The executive branch placed limits on and pressured the judiciary. The government’s respect for freedoms of press, association, and religion declined during the year, and the government continued to restrict other civil liberties, particularly freedom of speech, including Internet freedom, and freedom of assembly, including restrictions on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Government corruption and lack of transparency persisted. -Read on