"I wanted to lie down and die"
Subtitle: trafficking and torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt
By: [Gerry Simpson]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9781623130978
Subjects: Human trafficking; Police corruption; Torture
Other titles: Trafficking and torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt
Description: This report documents how, since 2010, Egyptian traffickers have tortured Eritreans for ransom in the Sinai Peninsula, including through rape, burning, and mutilation. It also documents torture by traffickers in eastern Sudan and 29 incidents in which victims told Human Rights Watch that Sudanese and Egyptian security officers facilitated trafficker abuses rather than arresting them and rescuing their victims. Egyptian officials deny there are trafficker abuses in Sinai, allowing it to become a safe haven for traffickers.
Notes: "This report was researched and written by Gerry Simpson ..."--P. 79.

"February 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: Background; title: Trafficking of Eritreans in Sudan; title: Trafficking of Eritreans in Egypt; title: Sudan's and Egypt's failure to investigate trafficking, collusion, and torture; title: Fate of escaped or released trafficking victims.