Torture in Hadra Prison

Posted on By 3arabawy

The above video has been circulating in the Egyptian blogosphere for a while. It purportedly shows a “welcome party” handed down by Alexandria’s Hadra Prison officers and corporals to a new truckload of prisoners. This video has been uploaded to youtube on 8 March, the abuse is believed to have happened sometime after January.

The Hadra prison is one of the most notorious prisons in the north (together with Borg el-Arab). Rights groups have already recorded several cases of torture in that facility.

Has the above video been investigated by General Mansour el-Essawi, the interior minister? Has it been investigated by the public prosecutor? Have those torturers, whose identities could be easily found by the interior ministry, been held accountable?

Beheira pigs not held accountable

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Police General Magdi Abu Qamar, Beheira’s security director during the uprising, whose troops were involved in the murder of protesters, has been promoted, according to the Nadim Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence.

The infamous SS officer Mohannad Abul Einein (seen above shooting at Damanhour protesters during the uprising) is still a free man too. And I’m trying to confirm whether he’s part of the newly founded National Security Sector.

Egypt’s 1968: The revival of street politics

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Above is Chapter IV of the MA Thesis I wrote 10 years ago, when studying at the American University in Cairo’s Political Science department. This chapter discusses the revival of the student movement following the 1967 defeat.

Of course reading it today I wish if I would have edited some parts, changed the lingo here and there, and added more resources and info I’ve been learning over the past years.

But in general I still think the thesis stands, and could help shed some light on this critical period in the history of the left in Egypt.