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Testimonies from January 2013 Testimonies from November 2012 Testimonies of youth protecting others from sexual harassment Segments of pre-released documents related to sexual torture in Tahrir Square Amnesty International Report Paper of the situation from Nazra for feminist studies Introduction We present in this compendium a number of testimonies from survivors of sexual torture in the vicinity of Tahrir Square. The testimonies have been collected from a number of websites, as well as from testimonies collected by…

Tora prison administration refuses to “investigate” the transfer of the patients and the injured to the hospital to complete their treatment and continues to hold them in poor conditions which might endanger their lives after being assaulted through beating and gunfire which caused serious injuries to them. Mina Adel Anis, 19 years old was assaulted in Tahrir Square on 17/12/2011 where he was passing by the square coincidently as he was heading downtown to shop for new shoes. He was brutally beaten by the forces of the…

The undersigned organizations holds Field Marshal Tantawi, Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and Major General Hamdy Badeen, the Head of the Military Police responsible for what happened to Emad Soliman Hussien and Mohamed Abdel ghany Mohamed Elsaeed who were arrested while in an event of Iftar (breaking their fast) in Tahrir Square on August 5, and they were subjected on the same day with others to military prosecution which ordered to extend their detention for eight days. Today they were supposed to appear…

To sign a petition for this law, click here. To dowload a PDF version of the draft law, click here. Summary Since sexual discrimination is still embedded in culture, law and social relations; Since education is still reproducing discriminatory thought; Since unenlightened and discriminatory thinking have been able to penetrate our society and culture up to the deepest roots; Since the achievement of equality between members of society necessitates the participation of all actors in the fate of its structure; This draft law…

A record set by the Egyptian security forces in the abuse of torture of citizens after a halt where torture was only practiced by the military police. The institutions differed whereas the torture remained, as if the revolution had not been on January 25, the police day in particular to send a clear message that the Egyptian people are tired of humiliation, torture and prosecution while the oppressors enjoy security, immunity and protections of the prosecution and the law. Is the ministry of interior avenging itself? Or is…

Dr. Mostafa Hussein gave a speech at a conference titled Forensic Evidence in The Fight Against Torture at the American University Washington College of Law. The two day conference organised by the IRCT and American University was held on February 15-16, 2012 concludes a three-year project that aims at strengthening the use of forensic medical expertise for litigation in the fight against torture. Dr. Mostafa worked at the Nadim centre for 3 years. He participated recently in training forensic doctors in Egypt's medico-legal…

The night of bloody Sunday, October 9, 2011, Military Police and Central Security arrested 29 people, mostly Christians who were transferred to military prosecution. The following day Binyamin Raafat Farag, a minor by virtue of law, and an adult by virtue of military justice was also arrested. And therefore he and two other minors Hanah Lateef Faheem and Abanob Naseef Zaki, like others appeared before military trials. As it had been accustomed, the process of arrest was associated with beatings, insults and humiliation, it…

On March 17th , 2011 , El-Shorouk newspaper published an interview with Major General Hamdy Badeen, military police commander. Badeen denied all torture allegations by the army or military police and denied that the Egyptian museum has turned into a slaughter house . Badeen innocently wondered from which gate the military police vehicles would enter to collect detainees. Badeen added that he knows 27 of the revolution youth who were arrested on March 6 when demonstrators tried to get through to SSI in Lazoghly. He claimed…

The undersigned organizations today condemned a military tribunal's conviction of Amr Abdallah Abd el-Rasoul el-Beheiry (32 years) on March 1st on charges of assault of an officer and breaking curfew. The tribunal further sentenced him to a prison term of five years all within a period that did not exceed three days from the time of his arrest. The signatory organizations to this statement stressed that civilians are not to be prosecuted and tried for non-military crimes before military tribunals composed of military…

The Supreme Council of Armed Forces is urged to open the doors for democratic transformation and secure accountability of the Mubarak regime The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations are closely following the efforts of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces as it manages the country’s affairs in this difficult period, during which the council must assume its responsibilities and honor its vows to respond to the demands and aspirations of the Egyptian people as expressed in the January 25 revolution.…