Egypt Children Held in Adult Prisons

Author:
AlJazeeraEnglish
Publisher:
AlJazeeraEnglish
Publication Date:
26 September 2013
Tags:
Egypt, Human Rights, Children and Youth

More than 140 children who have been detained in Egypt over the last few months, are now in adult prisons.Lawyers say most of them were arrested when security forces stormed anti-coup demonstrations last month.However the interim government denies children are in jails.We have this report from our correspondent in Cairo - who we are not naming for security reasons.

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