They were among a group of students, both foreign and Egyptian, arrested at around the end of November. All were interrogated and allegedly tortured in connection with the activities of a terrorist cell recruiting people in Egypt to go to fight the US-led coalition in Iraq. All were detained for some weeks at the State Security Intelligence (SSI) office in Madinet Nasr, Northern Cairo, during which time they claim that they were tortured: this included being beaten and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of their bodies while blindfolded and handcuffed. They were also prevented from sleeping and forced to watch as their cellmates were tortured.
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Egyptian police torture woman detainee
A new leaked video of Egyptian police brutality towards women has surfaced the web.
The video was recorded by the mobile phone of one of the interrogators, of a woman murder suspect inside a police station.
[Video removed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQRFz65M6s
The woman is handcuffed and suspended from a stick, an interrogation technique favored by the Egyptian police, while she’s begging and crying: “I’ll confess I killed him. Please Basha! Please Basha! My arms are breaking. I can’t take it anymore…”
Police detains 30 MB activists
Mubarak’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood continues. The group announced today that around 30 of its members were detained by State Security who raided their homes in the early morning in the provinces of Tanta, Sharqiya and Daqahliya.
Meanwhile, the family of Khairat el-Shatter, the MB deputy Supreme Guide, is expressing concern over his deteriorating health in detention.