Testimony from a Mahalla labor organizer involved in the 6 April uprising…
The torture faced by the citizens in the police stations and State Security buildings was much worse than what the activists had to deal with. The police (officers) were insane… They were shocked they had lost control in some areas of the town… They wanted to punish everyone and prove they were still in control… In Mahalla’s 2nd Police Station, for example, officer Muhammad Maissara brought in the detainees, made them lie on the floor, whipped them, and then brought the Central Security Forces conscripts to run on top of them as if they (the detainees) were carpets on the floor!