Soccer Deaths Renews Spotlight on Egypt's Notorious Security Forces
Category: WORLDPOST
A stampede at a Cairo stadium earlier this month, much like a politically-loaded soccer brawl in the Suez Canal city of Port Said three years ago, is shining a spotlight on Egypt's unreformed, unabashedly violent, and politically powerful police and security forces amid confusion over what precisely happened and how many fans died.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2015-02-15