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Egypt lifts assets freeze of anti-torture NGO
Egypt
November 19, 2016
Egypt lifts assets freeze of anti-torture NGO
Egyptian authorities have lifted a week-old freeze on the assets of a prominent rights group that works with torture victims,…
Report: Many instances of police brutality, Brotherhood torture in April
Egypt
May 28, 2013
Report: Many instances of police brutality, Brotherhood torture in April
An activist group suggested on Monday that police and the Muslim Brotherhood were involved in the killing of 24 civilians…
Essam Atta’s mother: I know my son was tortured
Egypt
November 2, 2011
Essam Atta’s mother: I know my son was tortured
Ineam Atta, whose son Essam was incarcerated in the infamous Tora prison and died in a hospital last week, gave…
No signs of torture on dead prisoner, investigators claim
Egypt
October 29, 2011
No signs of torture on dead prisoner, investigators claim
Preliminary investigations into the death of Essam Ali Atta, 23, whose family say he was tortured to death in prison…
Alexandria policeman beats, sodomizes driver, says group
Egypt
September 17, 2011
Alexandria policeman beats, sodomizes driver, says group
An Egyptian human rights group on Saturday reported an incident of torture in an Alexandria police station under the supervision of a police officer allegedly…
Marital rape: Learning to cope in a society that fails to acknowledge its existence
Life & Style
August 17, 2011
Marital rape: Learning to cope in a society that fails to acknowledge its existence
Every society has taboos. In Egypt, one of them is marital rape, which is when a husband forces his wife…