police torture
Egyptian security authorities respond to serious leaks from inside detention
Egypt
January 27, 2022
Egyptian security authorities respond to serious leaks from inside detention
The Egyptian Interior Ministry, on Wednesday responded to leaked videos that went viral on social media about the torture of…
Family of dead relative accuse police of torturing him to death
Egypt
December 10, 2017
Family of dead relative accuse police of torturing him to death
Following the death of a robbery case suspect in the Shebin al-Qanater police station in Qalyubia governorate on Friday, dozens of…
Group calls for establishing ministry to defend Egypt’s human rights situation
Egypt
September 12, 2017
Group calls for establishing ministry to defend Egypt’s human rights situation
The Secretary-General of the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), Alaa Shalaby, called for establishing a ministry for human rights…
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt
May 23, 2017
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday rejected the appeal of four police officers against a court ruling sentencing them to…
Interior Minister suspends police officer detained for torturing man to death
Egypt
December 18, 2016
Interior Minister suspends police officer detained for torturing man to death
Egypt Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar on Sunday suspended from work a police officer currently detained for alledgedly torturing a…
Assiut villagers protest alleged torture in police detention
Egypt
October 10, 2016
Assiut villagers protest alleged torture in police detention
Residents of the village of Baarat, to the west of Luxor, held protests on Saturday against the alleged torture of…
Executions, burned testicles: apparent massacre stains Mexican police
World
August 21, 2016
Executions, burned testicles: apparent massacre stains Mexican police
Discrepancies plague the official account of a deadly assault last year in which Mexican police allegedly executed 22 suspected gang…
Cabinet reviews amendments to police law urged by president
Egypt
March 2, 2016
Cabinet reviews amendments to police law urged by president
The government is reviewing on Wednesday a final version of the draft police law it approved last week before sending…
Interior Ministry’s policy excludes ‘irresponsible’ personnel: minister
Egypt
February 20, 2016
Interior Ministry’s policy excludes ‘irresponsible’ personnel: minister
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has said that his ministry’s policy is to exclude personnel who are unaware of their…
Sisi tells interior minister to crack down on police abuses
Egypt
February 20, 2016
Sisi tells interior minister to crack down on police abuses
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told the interior minister on Friday to crack down on police abuse and to submit…