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Back for Vengeance!

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…

Military Justice: Beating, Dragging, Disregard for forensics, Indecent Assaults and Alteration of Charges

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…

Commentary from Egyptian human rights organizations on the interview with Major General Hamdy Badeen military police commander in the…

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…

From Civil Society Organizations

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.…