Group to reopen files of prisoners of war in Israel

The Egyptian Human Rights Organization (EHRO) will hold a meeting on October 22 to discuss the file of the the Arab prisoners of war held by Israel as a result of past Arab-Israeli confrontations.

The head of the EHRO, Mohammed Fayek, said that the organization issued a general report titled "Crime and Punishment," which contained documented information about the mass killing operations that targeted Egyptian civilians and prisoners of war during the 1956 and 1967 Wars.

The report also includes a section dealing with the legal framework of the Israeli violations of the international agreements in this concern.