Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Human rights abuses ‘soared’ under Egypt’s President el-Sisi” – below is their description.
Egyptian rights groups say more than 60,000 people have been detained, disappeared or executed since President Abdelfattah el-Sisi came to power in a military coup in 2013.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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A coup d’état or just coup is the removal and seizure of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a political faction, the military, or a dictator.
Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza’s colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor’s hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs.
The capital, Cairo, is home to Ottoman landmarks like Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities.
