In a 134-page report released Tuesday, May 28, 2019, Human Rights Watch, a leading international rights group, accused Egypt’s security forces of committing widespread abuses against civilians -- some of which “amount to war crimes” -- in the Sinai Peninsula, where Egypt has been battling Islamic militants for years. Human Rights Watch alleged that some of the abuses amount to war crimes. “Some of these abuses, part of an ongoing campaign against members of the local ISIS affiliate, the Sinai Province group, amount to war crimes,” the report said. HRW said the findings were based, in part, on interviews with Sinai residents and former detainees. The government has not provided a tally for civilians killed in Sinai.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 05:37 UTC