Article 13: Freedom of expression

The children are being held on political charges, and being denied medical treatment, in a detention centre which Ministry of the Interior denies the existence of. 

The children were shot at a protest over the brutality inflicted by soldiers on a 12 year-old boy who had shouted at a soldiers’ vehicle to turn on its headlights while decorating a Christmas tree. 

A court in Egypt has given 78 youths up to five years in prison for protesting with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Le tribunal correctionnel pour enfants d’Alexandrie a confirmé en appel la peine de deux à cinq années de détention pour 78 mineurs. Ils avaient été arrêtés lors d’une manifestation réclamant le retour du président Mohamed Morsi. RFI, 26 novembre 2014.