Egypt Killings 'Planned At Highest Levels'

Egypt Killings Report: Key Findings

Updated: 2:03pm UK, Tuesday 12 August 2014

Human Rights Watch has issued a scathing 188-page verdict on the killings of more than 1,000 protesters in Egypt last year.

Here are the key findings:

:: The authorities used "deliberate and indiscriminate lethal force to disperse the two sit-ins, where protesters had remained encamped for 45 days, resulting in one of the most bloody incidents against protesters in recent history".

:: The attack on the encampment at Rabaa was carried from five different directions, with witnesses saying there were gunmen shooting down from helicopters at protesters who were being besieged with no access to safe exits for most of the day. 

:: The "brutal manner in which the security forces carried out the Rabaa and al Nahda dispersals appears to reflect policies that the Egyptian authorities at the highest levels implemented after weeks of planning". 

:: The Egyptian government used "disproportionate force, failed to take measures to minimise loss of life and knowingly opened fire on unarmed protesters".

:: The "systematic and widespread" nature of the killings along with evidence indicating the government planned to engage in mass unlawful killings, suggests the violations amount to crimes against humanity.

:: "Some protesters" carried weapons and shot at police. But "they were few in numbers" and did not justify the indiscriminate firing at unarmed protesters.

:: Rather than investigating potential wrongdoing, the government has refused to acknowledge any possible infractions on the part of the security forces. 

:: Instead, the government has accused foreign correspondents of biased coverage, and provided them with material, footage and photos to show that the encampments were training grounds for militants, often without verifying the material.  

:: An inquiry should investigate the role of the country's current President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and at least 10 senior military and security chiefs in the killing of 1,150 protesters over six weeks.

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