torture
Police allegedly throw man from 4th-floor balcony
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Police allegedly throw man from 4th-floor balcony
The Cairo-based Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture has accused two police officers from the…
Sunday’s papers: Quest for justice in Saeed and Bedouin cases
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Sunday’s papers: Quest for justice in Saeed and Bedouin cases
The case of the slain Alexandrian Khaled Saeed is still making headlines in both privately-owned and government papers, three weeks…
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part two)
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part two)
Facebook users interviewed Ali Qassem, uncle of slain Alexandrian youth Khaled Saeed, about the details of his nephew's death and…
2 Alex policemen detained in Khaled Saeed case
Egypt
June 30, 2010
2 Alex policemen detained in Khaled Saeed case
Alexandria District Attorney Yasir Rafai has ordered that Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suliman, policemen from the Sidi Gabr…
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part one)
Egypt
June 30, 2010
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part one)
Al-Masry Al-Youm’s multimedia team mediated a live interview between Ali Qassem--uncle of Khaled Saeed, who witnesses say was tortured to…
Alex murder inquiry reveals contradictions
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Alex murder inquiry reveals contradictions
The district prosecutor of Alexandria's Sidi Gaber district has accused the family of Khaled Saeed, the 29-year-old man allegedly killed…
Second autopsy ordered for Alexandria police victim
Egypt
June 16, 2010
Second autopsy ordered for Alexandria police victim
Attorney general Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has ordered a second autopsy for the body of alleged torture victim Khaled Saeed.Mahmoud's decision…
Alexandria policemen beat young man to death, says rights group
Egypt
June 11, 2010
Alexandria policemen beat young man to death, says rights group
Khaled Said, a 28-year-old man from Alexandria was beaten up to death by two policemen as he refused to give…
Harsh prison sentences for ‘Hizbullah cell’ members
Egypt
April 28, 2010
Harsh prison sentences for ‘Hizbullah cell’ members
An Egyptian Supreme State Security court on Wednesday sentenced 26 defendants who had been charged with membership in the Lebanese…
Interior Ministry to compensate Islamist torture victims
Egypt
April 11, 2010
Interior Ministry to compensate Islamist torture victims
The Interior Ministry has agreed to pay a total of LE10 million in compensation for the torture of 840 members…