Sinai footage #2, via Wael Abbas
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: Nov 19 08
Witnessed: 406 times
Egypt
Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples
bedouin, civilian casualties, sinai, violence, waelabbas
- This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised - Clashes between Egyptian security forces and local Bedouin communities in the Sinai Peninsula have left at least three people dead, according to local reports.
Wael Abbas posted this video originally to YouTube with the following explanatory text:
أما الفيديو الثاني فيظهر مجموعة من جنود الأمن المركزي الغلابة أسرى في قبضة بدو سيناء ويعترفون بإسم الضابط القاتل المسئول عن القتلى الذين عشر عليهم في مقلب القمامة
If you speak Arabic, please post a translation in the comments tab below. Read Wael's blog here: http://misrdigital.blogspirit.com/
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Translation
DeUnderoath on Dec 21 08
Camera man : "Why did you kill the man? huh!? ( repeats once more)
Group: "Not us. It was the officer..we swear!."
camera man: "Which one? name?"
Group: "An officer named Waleed Abu Afiya."
Camera man: "Where is this Waleed Abu Afiya?"
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