Egypt Elections Amidst Political Repression

press release

New York — As Egypt concludes its third day of voting for a new president, the intense crackdown on dissent over the last 10 months has created a repressive environment that severely undermines the fairness of the elections.

"The mass arrests of thousands of political dissidents, whether Islamist or secular, has all but shut down the political arena and stripped these elections of real meaning," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "The presidential election cannot mask the ongoing brutal crackdown on peaceful opposition."

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