The State Information Service (SIS) has condemned director of Human Rights Watch\u2019s Middle East and North Africa division, Sarah Leah Whitson interview with Mohamed Nasser\u2019s televised program on Mekamleen channel, which is known to be pro-Muslim brotherhood, a group labeled as terrorist organisation by the Egyptian law. <\/p>\n
In a statement issued Monday, SIS said that Whitson action indicates that Human Rights Watch lacks all of the professional standers and proves its bias tackling everything related to the Egyptian affairs. <\/p>\n
The following is SIS full statement: <\/p>\n
State Information Service: Whitson\u2019s Interview on \u201cMekamleen\u201d reveals Human Rights Watch\u2019s collusion with terrorism <\/p>\n
The appearance of Sarah Leah Whitson the director of Human Rights Watch\u2019s Middle East and North Africa division on televised program with Mohamed Nasser on \u201cMekamleen\u201d a pro Muslim Brotherhood (A terrorist group) television station that broadcasts from Turkey leaves no doubt about HRW\u2019s absolute lack of the most basic standards of professionalism and objectivity in its coverage of the situation in Egypt. <\/p>\n
According to statement posted by SIS on its Human Rights website) http:\/\/hrstudies.sis.gov.eg\/), Whitson\u2019s interview on \u201cMekamleen\u201d revealed HRW\u2019s obvious bias to an entity classified in Egypt and a number of nations around the world as a terrorist group, and this in turn proves that HRW is in overt collusion with some terrorist groups. <\/p>\n
There are clear indicators that attest to the extent of the terroristic incendiary role of Mekamleen among them: <\/p>\n
\u2022\tMekamleen is considered a propaganda platform of the Muslim Brotherhood, as its establishment coincided with the fall of the Brotherhood from power in Egypt in Mid-2013. Mekamleen\u2019s main function appears to be the intensive promotion of the agenda of the terrorist group which entails spreading rumors and false information about the Egyptian State and jeopardizing the country\u2019s stability. Mekamleen also carries out campaigns of incitement against Arab governments through hosting elements of the Brotherhood on their programs on a regular basis. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tMekamleen never disclosed the source from which it acquires funding of its inflammatory activities which in turn raises suspicions that its actually funded by secret accounts belonging to the Brotherhood. This is supported by the fact that Mekamleen never faced any financial difficulties. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tMohamed Nasser is notorious for his hostile propaganda against the Egyptian State; that in addition to the fact that Nasser is wanted by the authorities on account of his implication in the \u201cvanguards of Hasm\u201d terrorism case in which he was convicted by the judiciary and sentenced to 8 years in prison on account of charges that include \u201cattempting to overthrow the government\u201d, \u201cthe incitement to kill police officers\u201d and spreading false rumors. Nasser is know to have openly committed the offense of incitement to murder on more than once occasion. For example in one of his episodes on Mekamleen that was aired in January 2015 Nasser said \u201cKill his officers, I want to tell the wide of every officer that your husband will get killed, if not today then tomorrow, your husband will get murdered\u201d then he later added \u201cIf you see an officer kill him and get it done\u201d \u201cThe police will not be able to continue, kill them\u201d \u201cI am telling every officer\u2019s wife and son, you husband will die, your children will be orphans\u201d . Nasser Also called for suicide attacks saying \u201cInstead of committing suicide go throw yourself among them you will die anyway\u201d . <\/p>\n
\u2022\tIn another episode where Nasser interviewed \u201cSalama Abdel Kawi\u201d a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group in 2015, Nasser asked Abdel Kawi an incendiary question about permitting the killing of Egyptian State officials, Abdel Kawi responded \u201cWhoever is able to do this, then it will bring him closer to God\u201d. <\/p>\n
In light of this Human Rights Watch\u2019s total bias to the Brotherhood terrorist group is proven beyond any doubt. This proof is supported by HRW\u2019s systematic smear campaign on the human rights situation in Egypt that started with biased and false statements and reports that were strongly rebutted by the Human Rights Unit of the State Information Service and proceeds now to new level with Mrs. Whitson\u2019s appearance on a terrorist media platform like Mekamleen. Nasser\u2019s clearly incendiary pro Brotherhood terrorism narrative against the Egyptian people and their government leaves no room for interpretation which makes the appearance of senior HRW official as a guest absolutely unacceptable under any conditions. <\/p>\n
Mrs. Whitson focused on her 70-minute interview that aired from Istanbul the beating heart of Turkey on the human rights situation in Egypt, she also discussed the state of human rights in several other countries in the region and the world however she did not even point once to the egregious violations committed by the government of President Recep Teyep Erdogan against the Turkish people on a daily basis. This causes our astonishment and raises question regarding Mrs. Whitson\u2019s selective approach.
\nIts seems that HRW and Mrs. Whitson should be reminded of some grave Turkish violations of human rights including the following: <\/p>\n
\u2022\tThe total number of Turkish citizens purged from their jobs since the incident of 2016 have reached a staggering 170,372 individuals and some of which are distributed as follows: <\/p>\n
o\t17,844 Army officers
\no\t16,409 Military cadets
\no\t5335 governors and administrative staff members
\no\t33,417 police officers
\no\t4463 judges and public attorneys
\no\t55,288 teachers
\no\t7220 employees in the Ministry of Justice
\no\t7249 physicians and medical staff
\no\t3330 Imams and Preachers
\n\u2022\tThat in addition to sacking 22,474 citizens from their jobs in the private sectors.
\n\u2022\tShutting down 200 media outlets and blocking access to 100,000 websites.
\n\u2022\tShutting down 1719 NGOs
\n\u2022\tShutting down 1284 private schools and 15 private universities. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tArbitrarily detaining 159,506 individuals under emergency laws since 2016 according to reports released by the Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tThe suicide of 60 individuals after arbitrary measures were taken against them, 8 of them committed suicide in prison. <\/p>\n
\u2022\tTurkey is considered the largest jailer of Journalists; according to international organizations 68 journalists languish in Turkish prisons while Turkish sources put the estimate at a horrifying 319. <\/p>\n
The State Information Service strongly condemns human rights watch’s unprofessional conduct and deplores its overt support of terrorism. SIS also calls upon international public opinion to pay serious attention to how HRW deviated from its core functions as a human rights organization and to see how it transformed itself into a political actor or rather a political tool that terrorist entities and their State sponsors use in their futile quest to compromise Egypt’s unity and stability. <\/p>\n
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