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Sinai footage #1, via Wael Abbas
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: Nov 19 08
Witnessed: 2197 times
Regions: Egypt
Issues: Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples
Tags: bedouin, civilian casualties, sinai, violence, waelabbas
This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses
This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised.
Clashes between Egyptian security forces and local Bedouin communities in the Sinai Peninsula have left at least three people dead, according to local reports. Wael Abbas posted this video originally to YouTube with the following explanatory text:
حصلت الوعي المصري على فيديوهين من مجهول أولهما يظهر مجموعة من بدو سيناء يستخرجون ثلاث جثث لبدو قتلتهم شرطة حبيب العادلي المجرمة والقت بهم في مقلب قمامة خارج مدينة رفح
If you speak Arabic, please post a translation in the comments tab below. Read Wael's blog here: http://misrdigital.blogspirit.com/
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