Amnesty International said that the "massacre of a fourth sit-in marked the beginning of a sharp decline in the human rights situation in Egypt," while the Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the United Nations to set up a commission of inquiry and accountability for those responsible for the massacre.

On the sixth anniversary of the massacre of Rabaa al-Adawiya and Ennahdha, Amnesty International (Amnesty) confirmed that the bloody events of 14 August 2013 marked the beginning of a sharp decline in human rights in Egypt.

The killing of at least 900 people during the dispersal of anti-coup sit-ins by Egyptian security forces in the fields of Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Ennahdha continues to cast a shadow on Egyptian society today, Amnesty said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

"The failure to hold one member of the security forces or those responsible at the command level to account for the killings has fostered a climate of impunity and has encouraged the security forces to carry out mass enforced disappearances and expose detainees in a formidable manner," said Magdalena Mograbi, deputy director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa division. Routine torture and other ill-treatment without fear of being brought to justice. "

Dozens are still on death row and dozens are behind bars just for taking part in the sit-in, Magrabi said, adding that absentee sentences have been passed on others living in exile unable to return home.

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For its part, the Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the UN Secretary General to form a full-fledged fact-finding committee to detect and hold accountable the crimes committed in Egypt following the 3 July 2013.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights condemned the lack of any local or international investigation into the massacre, saying in a statement that "six years after the massacre of dissolving the sit-ins of dissidents, the perpetrators are still unpunished, and no charges have been brought against one security person."

She explained that the Egyptian judiciary did not prosecute the perpetrators of the massacre, which killed 1100 people, including women and children in brutal ways, but sentenced those who survived the killing in the harsh sentences that amounted to death and life imprisonment.