Egypt's Foreign Affairs Ministry has attacked Amnesty International for the rights group's latest report on the country's treatment of youth.
The ministry expressed its "rejection of the full report, which was falsely claimed," reported Daily News Egypt.
According to Daily News Egypt, the ministry stated that “the report represents a clear and flagrant challenge to the will of the Egyptian people and their determination to move towards a better future, and ignores the principles of justice and due judicial process guaranteed for all.”
The Amnesty report was released Tuesday. The document, which is titled "Generation Jail: Egypt's Youth Go From Protest To Prison," says that the governmental has cracked down on youth and that mass arrests are replacing mass protests. The fact-based report, which focuses on 14 cases of detained youth among thousands who are detained under fabricated or no charges, concludes with a chilling and alarming statement: "The country has reverted fully to be a police state."
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has a history of lashing out at international NGOs after they release reports of human rights violations, including well known organization such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
In an attempt to dispute the accuracy of the report, the ministry highlighted the presidential pardoning of 165 individuals. The ministry also claims that Amnesty International tends to "turn a blind eye to acts of violence and terrorism in Egypt" which implicates that there is an ongoing relationship with "terrorist groups and such organizations" reported Egypt Independent.
The ministry said that it didn't acknowledge the credibility of Amnesty International due to its ''double standards." They also added that the NGO, along with other organization, are attempting to ''tarnish" Egypt's image.
Amnesty International estimated that there have been more than 41,000 people arrested, charged with a criminal offense or sentenced in an unfair trial.