Exclusive: Group says military is compromising children’s right to education with its campaign against militants
Exclusive: group says military is compromising children’s right to education with its campaign against militantsEgyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases while dozens more have been destroyed during a 10-year war with militants in Sinai, a rights group has found in an initial assessment.Sinai Foundation for Human Rights
accused the Egyptian armed forces of compromising the right to education of children during its campaign against militants in north Sinai. Using satellite images, video, photos and testimony from witnesses who live in the sparsely populated area, the group found the army had carried out the “unnecessary targeting of certain schools”, causing “community-wide shock”.
Ahmed Salem, SFHR’s co-founder and executive director, said: “Schools are used as bases because they are often built two or three storeys high, whereas most of the buildings in the area are one story. It gives the military a place to position snipers.” SFHR said it found 59 schools had been destroyed in clashes between the army and insurgents, and added that in three cases,
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