Human Rights Watch documented 21 cases in which women and girls were detained, and in all cases the authorities failed to treat them as possible victims of crimes themselves.
Some girls were themselves victims of abuses by the group, including rape and forced marriage, and were detained after they escaped and sought help from the authorities. The detentions were typically aimed at pressuring male family members suspected of links to the ISIS-linked group to turn themselves in, or to obtain information about them. They also tortured several girls and held them in prolonged incommunicado detention. Įgyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained girls related to suspected members of Wilayat Sina', some for months or years. In one instance, a military tribunal sentenced a 3-year-old to life in prison, before saying it was a "mistake." Įgyptian forces in North Sinai government, particularly the military, which have been fighting a protracted battle against Wilayat Sina'-an Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate-since late 2013, have carried out extrajudicial executions of forcibly disappeared suspects, including children. A loophole in the Child Law allows children who are accused of crimes along with an adult accomplice to be tried before criminal courts as a result, dozens of children have been prosecuted alongside adults before terrorism and military courts, which are not independent.
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