Items related to police brutality

Update: Curfew declared in Assiut after police station clashes
Egypt Independent 18 Apr 2013
Security forces in Assiut imposed curfew late Thursday night for the area encompassing the four main roads leading to...
Riot forces arresting boy during ongoing clashes at Simon Bolivar Square, Cairo, 30 January 2013.
Ministry official: CSF never use excessive force
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Mar 2013
  The assistant head of the Central Security Forces defended the police on Friday in an interview broadcast on...
Committee to prepare report about death of activist
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
  The Cairo Prosecution decided to form a committee of seven to prepare a report on the death of activist Mohamed...
Egyptian media moguls during press conference to re-launch CBC Channel - formerly Cairo Channel - Capital TV Center, Cairo, June 27, 2011. A host of Egyptian talk show hosts, TV journalists and mediapersons were present including: Lamees al-Hadidi, TV host and journalist; Adel Hamouda, Editor of Al-Fagr; Mona Abdel Ghany, actress and TV host; Khairy Ramadan, journalist and TV host; and Magdy Al-Gallad, Editor of Al-Masry Al-Youm. CBC debuts with five programs: Al-Setat Mabearafoush Yekdebou (Women Cannot Lie); Momken (Possible); Sa'fhet Raei (Op-Ed); Hona Al-Assema (Here Is Capital); and a weekly program on media news hosted by al-Gallad.
Police attack on TV crew 'unacceptable,' says channel director
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Mar 2013
  A police attack on a television crew from the privately-owned channel CBC on Monday is “unacceptable, said...
A member of the Egyptian riot police shoots tears gas at protesters during clashes in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 7, 2013. Discontent in Egypt's police ranks has boiled over into an unprecedented strike, with officers saying they will refuse orders until they are no longer used as political pawns, adding to the problems of President Mohamed Morsi.
Sixteen policemen killed since January, says Interior Minister
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
Sixteen policemen have been killed and 1,684 were injured in encounters with anti-regime protesters and felons since 6...
'Eye sniper' sentenced to three years in prison
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Mar 2013
The Cairo Criminal Court  on Tuesday sentenced a police officer to three years in prison for shooting at...
Egyptian reportedly shot dead by Saudi police
Al-Masry Al-Youm 04 Mar 2013
A Beni Suef resident was shot dead by police in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The family of the victim, Mohamed Ramadan Abdel...
Sunday's papers: Plague of locusts, plague of brutality
Noha Moustafa 03 Mar 2013
The most widespread news in today’s newspapers is related to protesters being run down in Mansoura and Port Said...
A women enters the Daveyton Police station, east of Johannesburg February 28, 2013.
Man dragged by South Africa police dies in custody
Reuters 28 Feb 2013
South African police were caught on video dragging a man hundreds of meters from the back of a pick-up truck, hours...
File photo of Hossam al-Gheriany, newly-appointed president of cassation court and supreme council of judiciary
NCHR: No civilians held in CSF camp
Al-Masry Al-Youm
MENA
25 Feb 2013
A National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) fact-finding committee concluded that no civilians were held in a Central...