Human Rights Watch World Report 2007 on Egypt

Human Rights Watch released its annual report 2007 on human abuses in the world. Egypt regrettably has its own share...

Torture In Egypt

Human rights organizations continue to receive credible reports that security services and police routinely torture and mistreat detainees, particularly during interrogations. On May 25 State Security officers detained Karim al-Sha`ir and Mohamed al-Sharqawi, badly beat them both, and sexually assaulted al-Sharqawi. The authorities had detained the two for participating in protests supporting the Judges’ Club .. More from the Report...