An independent international rights coalition is planning a press conference in Washington on Tuesday to brief the media about the outcome of its recent visit to Egypt.
"The delegation would present the results of its visit and engage with human rights bodies to end rights violations committed in Egypt," Abu Bakr Abdel-Fattah, a board member of the International Coalition for Freedom and Rights, told Anadolu Agency by phone from London.
The coalition, which was founded last November, had sent a delegation to Egypt between March 11 and 14 to check the country's human rights situation.
The delegation grouped, among other notables, Ramsey Clark, a U.S. attorney general between 1967 and 1969.
Abdel-Fattah said the delegation did not hold its briefing in Egypt because it felt the lack of freedom in the country.
"The other thing is that the media and the press [in Egypt] are suppressed," he said.
Abdel-Fattah noted that the delegation had already held its first press briefing in London.
In a statement on Saturday, the coalition said it had decided to send a delegation to Egypt following growing complaints about human rights violations in the Arab country, particularly when it comes to peaceful protesters and political detainees.
It vocalized serious concerns about current conditions in Egypt, urging the international community to shoulder its responsibilities by acting to stop what it called the extermination of opponents by the current Egyptian regime.
Abdel-Fattah, for his part, denied accusations that the coalition is biased toward the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement from which ousted president Mohamed Morsi hails.
"It would be inconceivable to link someone like Ramsey Clark to the Muslim Brotherhood," he said.
"We see things from a neutral legal perspective. What happened in Egypt was a military coup," he added, referring to the army's July 4 ouster of elected Morsi.
The army insists it was responding to popular demands, supported by the country's top religious and political figures, to remove Morsi following mass protests against his one-year presidency.
By Hussein Qabani
englishnews@aa.com.tr
