Special report about the killing of tunnel workers AOHR 7-1-2010
Away from eye witnesses In the name of sovereignty, the Egyptian government sprays poisonous gas to hunt for and kill tunnel workers on the border with the Gaza Strip
Summary
In the name of sovereignty, the government’s policy at the borders was translated into a form of orders to the security personnel, to use all kinds of force with the Gaza Strip citizens, especially tunnel workers, who provide food and medicine, in light of the complete closure of borders and tightening of the blockade against Gaza Strip.
Egyptian security forces used deadly force in its “war” against tunnel workers between Gaza Strip and Egypt and carried out premeditated killing of people under ground, and away from the eyes of the world, and throughout research, 53 death cases have been document as having died due to inhaling a poisonous gas Egypt security forces sprays inside tunnels which causes suffocation and quick death. No one knows what this deadly weapon, used by the Egyptian security forces, is as there are no projectiles and there no laboratory testing, advanced enough, in Gaza Strip to find out what it is. Moreover, the Egyptian government used explosives, pumped waste water, and caused artificial vibration in order to destroy tunnels over the heads of people working in them, without a warning.
The Egyptian practices at the borders with Gaza Strip are carried out under a complete supervision and support from U.S. and Israel, and most of the European Union Countries and this explains the Egyptian government’s persistence in its measures and the absence of any criticism of such practices despite their gravity, as will be explained in detail in this report.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK confirms that the Egyptian government, by using these measures, has turned its security forces into “deadly tools”, in order to implement security measures that do not take into account the bases of international humanitarian law which would have serious legal and judicial implications against officials in the Egyptian government.