{"id":24982,"date":"2020-07-20T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24982"},"modified":"2020-07-20T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:30:21","slug":"egypt-14-inmates-died-of-likely-covid-19-complications-in-prisons-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24982","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: 14 inmates died of likely COVID-19 complications in prisons \u2013HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Inmates-in-Egyptian-prison-in-Cairo.jpg\" alt=\"Inmates in Egyptian prison in Cairo\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed in a new report that no fewer than 14 prisoners have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group in a statement on Sunday said that its report is based on witness accounts, leaked letters from prisons and reports by local rights groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt least 14 prisoners and detainees have died, most likely from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">Covid-19<\/a>\u00a0complications, in 10 detention facilities as of July 15,\u201d the rights groups said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrisons&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/07\/trump-defiant-adds-67000-coronavirus-cases-live-updates-200719231751139.html\">had insufficient<\/a>&nbsp;medical care and virtually no access to testing for the virus or symptom screening,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HRW also noted in the report that Egypt had released some 13,000 prisoners since February, but this was \u201cinsufficient to ease overcrowding in congested prisons and jails\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed in a new report that no fewer than 14 prisoners have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres. 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