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NO ONE IS SAFE

0
Detained
0
Executed
0
Sentenced to death
0
Disappeared
0
Sexually assaulted

NO ONE IS SAFE

 

NO ONE IS SAFE

Sexual Violence Throughout the Life Cycle
of Detention in Egypt

2015-2022

 

The following report examines instances of sexual violence in Egyptian prisons from the period of 2015 to 2022. The report finds that Egypt employs abuse in detention as a method to coerce, punish, and bring a population under the control of the state; sexual violence is used as a means of weaponizing social norms on gender and sexuality to further degrade prisoners and their loved ones, as well as to repress the ability to address the impact of abuse through pursuit of accountability or other pathways to healing. Because of social norms and taboos (which are also perpetuated by the State in its laws or institutions) around gender and sexuality, those who have experienced sexual violence in prison face compounded obstacles to addressing the trauma endured.

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65,000

Detained

Tens of thousands of political prisoners remain behaind bars in Egypt.

241

Executed

According to Reprieve, between 2018 and 2021, Egypt executed 241 people, the fifth highest in the world in this period.

2,182

Sentenced to death

2,182 People have been sentenced to death in mass trials in the country since 2011.

2,700

Disappeared

The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms has documented over 2,700 enforced disappearances in Egypt in the last five years.

655

Sexually assaulted

The Freedom Initiative and the Egyptian Front for Human Rights documented at least 655 cases of sexual violence in prisons since 2015, including rape, molestation, and electrocution of the genitals.