Amnesty pans Egypt’s ‘unlawful evictions’ on Gaza border

[Mosby]

CAIRO, Egypt — Amnesty International condemned Thursday Egypt’s demolition of hundreds of homes and called for a halt to its “unlawful evictions” of residents to create a buffer zone with the Gaza Strip.

Egypt started work on the zone at the end of October with the aim of stemming jihadists infiltrating Egypt’s Sinai peninsula from across the border.

Jihadists have stepped up deadly attacks against Egyptian troops inside the Sinai since the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

“Egyptian authorities must halt the arbitrary demolition of hundreds of homes and mass forced evictions underway in Rafah, North Sinai in order to create a buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip,” said Amnesty.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/amnesty-pans-egypts-unlawful-evictions-on-gaza-border/

[King_David]

1. What's Schabas say about it ? nt