The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) members were not allowed to visit a prison hospital where some inmates reportedly suffer severe diseases, according to a statement from the NCHR on Wednesday.
During a visit to Torha prison, Egypt’s maximum security prison where political detainees spend their time, by the delegation that was chaired by the NCHR chairperson George Isaac, the delegation was unable to meet with certain inmates whose names were listed in the request of the visit, the statement said.
The prison authorities justified that the inmates were transported to the prison hospital where their have medical treatment.
When that delegation has asked to see the inmates in the hospital, the prison authorities rejected as there was no permission for the hospital visit, the statement continued. The delegation met with only one inmate, whose name was listed.
