Alkarama has found that Egyptian police and army forces violently confronted demonstrators with tear gas grenades and fired live ammunition against people that posed no threat to life. Egyptian authorities also failed to gradually use force as they are obliged in the "Demonstration law" that was promulgated in November 2013.

Witnesses from Halwan informed Alkarama that the demonstrations that started at Al-Amin Mosque were immediately met with tear gas grenades and the firing of live ammunition. Witnesses from Al-Maskan informed Alkarama that live ammunition was fired from armored vehicles. Worse, in Mataria Square, demonstrators were shot at from helicopters, a scene reminiscent of the dispersal of the Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins on 14 August 2013.

Demonstrating the politicized nature of the repression, the Egyptian authorities discriminated between demonstrations that were supportive of the regime and those that who were protesting against it. It is unfortunate that Egyptian authorities do not believe that all of their citizens are entitled to the same rights. Demonstrators that were supportive of the regime were granted freedom of movement while opponents of the regime were barred from accessing public squares that witnessed the 25 January revolution. Alkarama has documented cases of individuals arrested on their way to Tahrir Square on mere suspicion of being opponents of the regime. The official media followed suit by launching a campaign to denigrate the opposition.

Alkarama has documented that most of those who were killed were shot in the chest, belly and head. One person in Alexandria also died from suffocation on 24 January 2014 due to the use of tear gas grenades. However, the majority of the deaths occurred on 25 January 2014, with over 90 people dying in the squares of Mataria and Alf Maskan alone.

Alkarama calls upon the Egyptian government to put an end to the ongoing use of violence against demonstrators that has led to a shocking number of protestors deaths. They should also open an investigation meeting international standards into the events in order to identify those responsible and prosecute them. Compensation should also be provided to the families of victims. Alkarama reiterated these demands when it notified the UN Special Procedures of the events of 24 and 25 January 2014 and provided them with a list of the names of those killed.