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Press
Release: UNHCR shocked, saddened over Cairo deaths
Geneva,
December 30 (UNHCR)- UNHCR expressed deep shock and sadness
Friday over a violent confrontation
in Ciro between Egyptian police and Sudanese
protesters
that left
several people dead and injured.
Up to 2,500 Sudanese had been demonstrating in Cairo's Mostafa
Mahmoud Park since September 29, primarily to protest living conditions
and to demand that they be resettled to third countries. Throughout
this period, UNHCR maintained a constant dialogue and several mediation
efforts, always emphasising that such situations needed to be resolved
peacefully.
"I am deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic events early
today in Cairo," High Commissioner António Guterres
said in Geneva. "Although we still do not have all of the
details or a clear picture of what transpired, violence left several
people dead and injured. There is no justification for such violence
and loss of life. This is a terrible tragedy and our condolences
go to all the families of those who died and to the injured."
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