Members of the April 6 Youth Movement have made further allegations against Egypt’s security agencies, detailing torture against 42 “political detainees” held in a central security camp near Cairo. Mohamed Kamal, one of the officers of the movement, says that despite denials by the Interior Ministry detainees said to be held because of their political…
Following publication of a report by 16 human rights organisations alleging arbitrary arrest and torture of people seized by police for exercising the right to protest, Egypt’s prosecutor-general has asserted that there are no political prisoners in Egypt. The report suggests that over a thousand people have recently been arrested for demonstrating on the anniversary…
Protesters arrested during the demonstrations on the anniversary of the uprising against Mubarak in 2011 have given harrowing accounts of torture and sexual assault at the hands of the police, Egyptian human rights organisations said in a statement on 12 February. Activists told how they were beaten, electrocuted and sexually assaulted in Azbakiya police station.…
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