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Rights group: Witness for report on Egypt detained

By SARAH EL DEEB
Published September 1, 2014 6:13pm ET
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Rights group: Witness for report on Egypt detained
This undated image from video released by Human Right Watch, shows Mohammed Tareq giving a recorded statement on how he was shot with live ammunition in his arm and chest during the 2013 security crackdown on the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya Square in Cairo by Egyptian security forces. The New York-based group said in a statement that Tareq, was detained during a protest in Egypt's second-largest city of Alexandria on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 and ordered held pending an investigation. The group said Tareq's arrest appeared unrelated to his testimony but the group said according to Tareq's lawyer, among seven people initially arrested with him, Tareq was the only one who was beaten and had his home raided. Human Rights Watch said the killing of more than 800 protesters at the square was a likely crime against humanity. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch) | Uncredited

CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Monday one of the witnesses for its investigation into mass killings in Egypt last summer was detained, calling for his release.

The New York-based group said in a statement that the witness, Mohammed Tareq, was detained during a protest in Egypt’s second-largest city of Alexandria on Friday and ordered held pending an investigation.

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