The notorious former director of security in Beheira, General Magdi Abu Qamar, whose troops massacred protesters on the Friday of Anger, 28 January 2011, has been acquitted of all murder charges, together with a number of policemen.
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The Central Security Forces
This (Arabic) study is one of the most accurate and detailed reports, I’ve come across, on the evolution of the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s Central Security Forces: UPDATE: I was honored to speak with the author of the study, in a Zoom meeting.
Read on »Piggipedia updates: Tarek Saber
General Tarek Saber, who is wanted by the Italians on charges of involvement in the torture and murder of Giulio Regeni, has been promoted to head the Interior Ministry’s Civil Affairs Department. General Saber is a veteran of State Security Police’s Counter-Communism Bureau, charged with monitoring and smashing left-wing and labor organizations. He has personally
Read on »Piggipedia updates: Hisham El-Baradei
Hisham El-Baradei is one of the notorious SS police officers, whose photos were found in the Nasr City SS DVDs. Until recently he headed the Interior Ministry’s Prison Department that runs Sisi’s gulag. He was transferred this week to El-Motaba’a, a logistical position in the Interior Minister’s office.
Read on »Piggipedia updates: Monks’ torturer promoted
General Khaled Abdel Hamid was promoted to the post of Luxor Security Director. He’s the officer who led the investigation into the infamous murder case of a Coptic monk, which included horrific torture and confessions extracted abusing suspects.
Read on »Pardoned murderer back in prison
Mohsen el-Sokkari, former State Security Police officer and contract killer, who was pardoned by Sisi last May, is back in prison, on money laundering charges.
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Police torturers sentenced to 3 years in prison
9 policemen from Al-Amiriya Police Station have been sentenced to only three years in prison, for the brutal torture and murder of Magdi Makin, a poor street vendor.
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Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
Read on »Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was ‘too skinny’ to take a bullet during Cairo protest
The activist was killed by CSF Police Captain Yassin Muhammad Hatem Salah Eddin.
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