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UN postpones conference on torture in Cairo after rights groups' criticism
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS AUGUST 20, 2019 / 6:16 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
UN postpones conference on torture after rights groups' criticism
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations has postponed a conference in Cairo on torture that was to take place in September following criticism from rights groups that say torture is rampant in Egypt.
“We are well aware of the growing unease in some parts of the NGO community with the choice of location,” U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said.
“As a result we have decided to postpone the conference and reopen the process of consultation with all relevant actors,” Colville added.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was to co-host the regional conference on defining and criminalizing torture with the government’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Sept. 4 and 5.
Rights activists were outraged by the UN decision to hold the conference in Egypt and say that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has presided over the worst crackdown on freedoms in Egypt’s modern history.
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UN postpones conference on torture after rights groups' criticism
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations has postponed a conference in Cairo on torture that was to take place in September following criticism from rights groups that say torture is rampant in Egypt.
“We are well aware of the growing unease in some parts of the NGO community with the choice of location,” U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said.
“As a result we have decided to postpone the conference and reopen the process of consultation with all relevant actors,” Colville added.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was to co-host the regional conference on defining and criminalizing torture with the government’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on Sept. 4 and 5.
Rights activists were outraged by the UN decision to hold the conference in Egypt and say that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has presided over the worst crackdown on freedoms in Egypt’s modern history.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-politics/un-postpones-conference-on-torture-after-rights-groups-criticism-idUSKCN1VA2BI
