Egyptian organization condemns government's maltreatment of Shiite in Egypt

The "Egyptian initiative for the right of the individual" organization yesterday in Cairo condemned what it called the government's maltreatment of the Shiite minority in the country.

In a press conference in Cairo, the chairman of the organizaion Husam Bahjat said " is it a stereotyping systematic discrimination by the region?" the answer is no. Are maltreatment acts individual cases ? the answer is also no. He added " we found out that it is a type of mistreatment, tortures and interrogation permitted by the state and were not prevented by the judiciary.

The organization had issued a report indicating that the Egyptian security forces raided the Shiite centers in the country five times between years 1988 and 2002 and indicated 124 cases when Shiite were detained randomly and held for long times during the trial and in certain cases toruring them.