Egypt bars HRW head ahead of Rabaa killings report

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CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt has barred the head of Human Rights Watch from entering the country ahead of the release of a report on a mass killing of protesters, HRW officials said Monday.

Kenneth Roth, executive director of the New York-based NGO, and HRW Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson were held overnight in Cairo airport before being denied entry, Whitson wrote on Twitter.

"It's official - shortest visit to Cairo ever - 12 hours before deportation for 'security reasons' - the new Egypt certainly 'transitioning,'" Whitson wrote.

The rights activists had flown to Cairo for the release of a report to mark a year since the mass killing of an estimated 700 opposition protesters, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in decades.

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[Scootaloo]

1. But it's not a coup!

The US' unwavering dedication to the violent subjugation of Arabs is disgusting.