EOHR condemns the death of a French citizen inside Kasr Al-Nile Police Station, referring to a criminal suspicion related to the death incident. The Organization also demands the Egyptian government to respect international conventions on human rights, ratified by Egypt, as well as providing a minimum amount of humane treatment for the detainees inside police stations and prisons, and protecting them from any assaults.
The French citizen was caught in Zamalek during curfew hours; he was transferred to Kasr Al-Nile Police Station where he was detained in a cell with other detainees who had beaten him. As a result, he suffered from internal bleeding and fracture in the skull leading to his death.
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