An Irish teen detained in Egypt over charges of violence that involved the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 has been subjected to torture inside prison, his lawyer has said.
Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in August 2013 during a pro-Mohamed Morsi protest at al-Fatah Mosque in downtown Cairo. Along with more than 490 others, he is facing charges of murder, attempted murder and attacking a police station.
According to the Irish Independent, Halawa's lawyer, Grainne Mellon, said her client "had set out in detail torture, degradation and other mistreatment suffered by him at the hands of Egyptian police and prison officials." She said her client had told her he was whipped, beaten, blindfolded and electrically shocked.
Egypt's ambassador to Ireland, Soha Gendi had stressed that Halawa was well-treated, copying reiterations by the Interior Ministry that there is no torture of detainees.
