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VIDEOGATE: Bulaq sadist pigs to appeal against prison sentences
Police Captain Islam Nabih and Corporal Reda Fathi—two of Mubarak’s sadist pigs who tortured and sodomized Emad Kabeer in Bulaq el-Dakrour Police Station and were sentenced to three years in prison—are appealing against the verdict on 2 March.
Fellow bloggers and anti-torture activists are urged to show up in court in solidarity with Emad.
Torture, police brutality addressed in landmark legal cases but practice remains endemic
While the past year has witnessed several rare convictions in cases of torture and police abuse, leading analysts and international media argue a potential heightened government intolerance of police brutality. Rights groups urge the authorities to take “more systematic steps” to rid the country of its alleged torture practices.
Once considered a taboo issue, hardly tapped by the media, the numerous high-profile cases of police abuse and torture combined with increased advocacy against the practices and a film about police brutality have spurred discussion on the topic.
But journalists, activists, and bloggers who have shed light on cases of torture were not beyond the reach of authorities.