The Egyptian Interior Ministry denies the existence of protests or strikes inside correctional and rehabilitation centers

(CNN) - The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said in a statement, on Friday evening, that conditions are normal inside all correctional and rehabilitation centers (prisons), denying what it described as “allegations” promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood that there are protests and hunger strikes, preventing visits from inmates, dealing with them using gas, and “some of them attempting suicide.”

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said in a statement through its official account on the “X” platform, formerly Twitter, on Friday evening: “In the context of what was circulated on a number of pages on the Internet, based on what some pages of the terrorist Brotherhood claimed, regarding the presence of protests and hunger strikes among inmates of correctional and rehabilitation centers, preventing visits from them, dealing with them using gas, and some of them attempting suicide.”

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior added: “A security source confirmed that these allegations are completely baseless, and that conditions are normal inside all correctional and rehabilitation centers, and inmates receive their scheduled visits in accordance with the law.”

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior concluded by saying: “This comes within the framework of the desperate and ongoing attempts of the terrorist Brotherhood group to create confusion by fabricating lies and distorting facts to obtain legally undeserved benefits for its members inside correctional and rehabilitation centres, and legal measures are being taken against the promoters of these allegations.”