Egyptian is illegally detaining suspects in the October bombing of hotels in the Sinai, Human Rights Watch said. As many as 2,400 suspects are still being detained, the group said in a report issued Tuesday. “Egyptian security forces responded to the Taba atrocity by committing mass human rights abuses,” said Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch’s Middle East director.
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