The United Nations requested to send U.N. peacekeepers into Egypt after the country's recent military coup, according to a U.N. press release.
We remain alarmed at the continuing violence in Egypt and echo the Secretary General’s strong condemnation of the ambush in the Sinai peninsula in which 25 Egyptian police officers were killed.
The deaths on Sunday night of 36 prisoners, who were in police custody, are also deeply disturbing and need to be fully investigated.
The U.N. is seeking permission from the current Egyptian government to "deploy human rights officers" into the country.
