Egypt’s Human Rights Council Says Prison Visits Are Unannounced

Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, deputy head of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights, said the council conducts surprise visits to prisons and rehabilitation centres to assess actual conditions inside them.

El-Sadat stressed that the visits are not announced in advance, describing the approach as a way to evaluate facilities as they operate in practice.

His comments focused on how the council carries out its inspections, rather than on findings from a particular prison or rehabilitation centre.

The statement did not identify facilities visited or provide details of conditions observed during the inspections.