James Buck on CNN:
Lawyer Ahmad Ezzat confirms Muhammad Saleh Mariee was tortured by State Security pigs using electric shocks, and more worryingly he says Muhammad has been banned from seeing his lawyers in Bourg el-Arab Prison.
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Mubarak’s police sexually abuse 5 children in Kafr el-Sheikh
Two police officers from Kafr el-Sheikh Station, Saad Ahmad Saad and Mahmoud Fouad Saadawi, will stand in court on the 26th of May, accused of sexually abusing five children in custody.
Interior Ministry asks for funding to put down food riots
Via World Tribune:
Egypt’s government is seeking emergency funding for security forces in anticipation of riots over rising food prices… So far, Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif has agreed to increase the budget of the Interior Ministry. Yusuf said the Finance Ministry has allocated 1.18 billion Egyptian pounds, or about $220 million for 2008. The overall budget of the ministry was reported at $1.63 billion.
