Items related to torture

Protester arrested by military police in Tahrir Square
Arabic Edition 28 Jul 2011
A number of human rights organizations issued a statement on Thursday condemning the ongoing torture of detainees...
Army perosnnel hold a protester back as he shouts against a pro-Mubarak protester, Tahrir Square, Cairo, February 1, 2011.
Staff 18 Jul 2011
An Egyptian citizen has claimed he was tortured by military police in Qalyubiya Governorate three days ago. The citizen...
Egyptian flag fluttering in Tahrir Square, where protesters participate in million man protest, Cairo, July 8,2011, demanding swift trial of Mubarak, and officers accused of killing protesters.
DPA 14 Jul 2011
Nine Egyptian human rights groups on Thursday condemned the violence undertaken by protesters at Cairo’s Tahrir...
عشرات الآلاف من المواطنين محتشدين في ميدان التحرير للمشاركة في مظاهرات «جمعة الغضب الثانية» أو «جمعة تصحيح المسار»، القاهرة، 27 مايو 2011. طالب المتظاهرون بضرورة الإسراع في محاكمة رموز النظام السابق وعلى رأسهم الرئيس السابق حسني مبارك، ووضع دستور جديد، وإلغاء المحاكم العسكرية، وحل المجالس المحلية.
Ahmed Belal 14 Jul 2011
Activists on Thursday accused police officers of detaining and torturing a protester who was taking part in a sit-in at...
Heba Afify 30 Jun 2011
Three months after news surfaced that military police conducted virginity tests on female prostesters, Samira Ibrahim,...
Security forces cordons group of Khaled Saeed supporters, Alexandria Criminal Court, September 25, 2010. Saeed is allegedly tortured and beaten to death by police, also known as victim of Emergency Law.
Ahmed Zaki Osman 30 Jun 2011
Alexandria - After a long wait and expectations of a verdict, Alexandria's criminal court on Thursday adjourned,...
A group of activists in a massive rally in a show of solidarity for Khaled Said (aka Torture Victim), High Court of Justice, June 14, 2010. The rally is in protest against torturing Said, an Alexandria resident, to death by police. The case is still under investigation.
Heba Afify 27 Jun 2011
Egypt’s celebration of the first international anti-torture day after the resignation of former President Hosni...
Military outside Egyptian Museum
Wael Ali 26 Jun 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, in a meeting with a delegation from Amnesty International on Sunday, confirmed...
EE staff 25 Jun 2011
Amnesty International (AI), the London-based human rights watchdog, renewed its call for the abolition of the law...
An Egyptian man show his ink-stained finger after casting his vote at a polling station in Mansura, 120 kms north of Cairo, March 19, 2011 as voters got their first taste of democracy in a referendum to a package of constitutional changes after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish his 30-year grip on power last month in the face of mass street protests.
Reuters 24 Jun 2011
Free elections this year could set Egypt on a new democratic course, but the government must also end emergency law and...