BBC News: After Egypt's uprising in 2011, over 800 people were killed in the violence that followed. In the media, the deaths were blamed on the police but families of the deceased have come forward with a new target--the army. The Human Rights Watch has asked for a full report on police and military abuses from January 2011 to June 2012. The news broke when a report to British newspaper, The Guardian, was leaked that contained classified documents that implied the army. The documents supposedly contain evidence that many protesters who were detained at military checkpoints were never seen again or were tortured and moved to military prisons. The current general of the Egyptian army has come forward to ask the public to consider that "the armed forces are honourable, faithful and nationalistic" before they "betray your army". Human rights lawyers and advocates have stated that the armed forces have been less than co-operative during the investigation.
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Emily Goodfellow (#2)
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