Egypt detainees 'routinely tortured'

Irn Bru wrote:Egyptian security forces routinely torture detainees as young as 15 years of age, according to testimony given to the BBC.

Former detainees - often held for being near a protest - have described being electrocuted, beaten and sexually abused by security personnel.

The army-backed interim government has detained some 20,000 people since it came to power last July.

A government official "categorically denied" torture had taken place.

"There might be some mistakes or transgressions in police stations however they don't reach the level of torture," said Gen Abu Bakr Abdel Karim from the interior ministry .

The accounts cannot be independently verified, but rights groups say torture and brutality in detention is common, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo.

Torture and brutality perpetrated by the internal security agency under former President Hosni Mubarak fuelled opposition to his regime, which was overthrown in 2011.

Officials say this is a new Egypt, a country on a path to democracy, but human rights campaigners insist that systematic torture is back, our correspondent adds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26790381

Just like the old days under Mubarak's regime. No surprise there then.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:Egyptian security forces routinely torture detainees as young as 15 years of age, according to testimony given to the BBC.

Former detainees - often held for being near a protest - have described being electrocuted, beaten and sexually abused by security personnel.

The army-backed interim government has detained some 20,000 people since it came to power last July.

A government official "categorically denied" torture had taken place.

"There might be some mistakes or transgressions in police stations however they don't reach the level of torture," said Gen Abu Bakr Abdel Karim from the interior ministry .

The accounts cannot be independently verified, but rights groups say torture and brutality in detention is common, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo.

Torture and brutality perpetrated by the internal security agency under former President Hosni Mubarak fuelled opposition to his regime, which was overthrown in 2011.

Officials say this is a new Egypt, a country on a path to democracy, but human rights campaigners insist that systematic torture is back, our correspondent adds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26790381

Just like the old days under Mubarak's regime. No surprise there then.

weren't you one of the ones jumping up and down celebrating when it all first went off in Egypt and telling me i didn't know what i was talking about when i said it would all go wrong down the line??