Sudanese Women and Children Held Incommunicado After Cairo Arrests

Cairo / Amsterdam — Egyptian authorities have reportedly detained more than seven Sudanese women working in traditional beauty services in the El Hussein district of Cairo and held them for nearly two weeks without their families being able to contact them or confirm their exact place of detention, according to reliable information obtained by Radio Dabanga.

Sources also reported severe overcrowding, with around 70 detainees allegedly being kept inside a single cell.

The reports coincide with…