What happened at Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre? - 10 years on from the deadly crackdowns
It has been a decade since Egyptian security forces violently dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators at Cairo’s Rabaa Square on 14 August 2013, killing 817 people.
Authorities used armoured military vehicles, tear gas, live ammunition and snipers on tens of thousands of largely peaceful protestors, in what investigations and rights groups like Human Rights Watch concluded was “systematic, premeditated killings”.
To this day, no military or government personnel has been held accountable for the deaths.
We take you through the events of that Rabaa massacre, including why Human Rights Watch said that the actions of Egyptian security forces “likely constituted a crime against humanity”.
#Rabaa #Egypt #Massacre #HumanRights #Sisi #Cairo
It has been a decade since Egyptian security forces violently dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators at Cairo’s Rabaa Square on 14 August 2013, killing 817 people.
Authorities used armoured military vehicles, tear gas, live ammunition and snipers on tens of thousands of largely peaceful protestors, in what investigations and rights groups like Human Rights Watch concluded was “systematic, premeditated killings”.
To this day, no military or government personnel has been held accountable for the deaths.
We take you through the events of that Rabaa massacre, including why Human Rights Watch said that the actions of Egyptian security forces “likely constituted a crime against humanity”.
#Rabaa #Egypt #Massacre #HumanRights #Sisi #Cairo