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9 rights watchdogs demand investigating torturers, not reporters
The Interior Ministry should stop hassling reporters and instead investigate the systematic torture happening within Egyptian police stations, nine local human rights organizations told General Habib el-Adly today in a joint statement.
The rights watchdogs denounced the harassment Al-Jazeera reporter Howeida Taha is facing for attempting to do a documentary on torture in Egypt’s and Arab prisons.
In other developments, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported today the Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence has sent General Adly a letter with the names of 189 police officers involved in torture cases demanding their investigation. The detailed list, put together by the anti-torture clinic, included also the police stations these officers work at, the names and dates of some of the victims they tortured.
Shatter’s daughter appeals for her family release
The daughter of Khairat el-Shatter, detained MB deputy Supreme Guide, is appealing to rights activists to lobby for her dad’s and husband’s release. Shatter, who’s been in police custody since mid December, is in ailing health with no access to medical treatment.