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STORY: GENEVA / EGYPT HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 0.58
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 AUGUST 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
RECENT, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. External shot, Palais des Nations, Geneva.
20 AUGUST 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, Press Room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Throssell, Spokesperson, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We remain alarmed at the continuing violence in Egypt and echo the Secretary General’s strong condemnation of the ambush in the Sinai Peninsula in which 25 Egyptian police officers were killed. The deaths on Sunday night of 36 prisoners, who were in police custody, are also deeply disturbing and need to be fully investigated.”
4. Cutaway, press
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Throssell, Spokesperson, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
“Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members are reported to have been detained in recent days – among these are some of its leaders. Everyone deprived of their liberty must be treated humanely and afforded all judicial guarantees under international law.”
6. Med shot, press
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Throssell, Spokesperson, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
“We are reiterating our call to the Egyptian authorities to allow us to deploy human rights officers from the OHCHR so that we can assess the situation on the ground.”
8. Med shot, press
The U.N. human rights office says it is urging Egyptian authorities to let it deploy monitors to the violence-ridden country.
Spokeswoman Liz Throssell told reporters in Geneva today that the office was seeking a green light to send "several" human rights observers to assess the situation.
“Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members are reported to have been detained in recent days – among these are some of its leaders. Everyone deprived of their liberty must be treated humanely and afforded all judicial guarantees under international law,” she added.
Last Thursday, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay demanded an "independent, impartial and credible" probe into the bloody crackdown by Egypt's security forces, saying anyone found guilty of wrongdoing should be held to account. Government officials said more than 500 had been killed while the Muslim Brotherhood put the figure at more than 2,000.
Egypt is under a state of emergency as the military-backed interim leaders cracks down on Islamists opposed to the ousting of Mr Morsi.
Hundreds of members of the Muslim Brotherhood - the movement from which Mr Morsi comes - have been detained since Mr Morsi's overthrow on 3 July.
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