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Egypt: Mahmoud El Sanussi tortured by police, now under administrative detention
EGY - News | 27 April 2010
On 29 March 2009, Mohamed El Sanussi Mahmoud was arrested by police officers in Cairo. He was taken to Shobra Al-Khayma police station where he was held without charge for six months and subjected to repeated bouts of torture.
Egypt: Ibrahim Moujahid twice tortured now illegally held at Damanhour prison
EGY - News | 28 April 2010
Ibrahim Mujahid was arrested on 8 March 2010 by security guards of Kwaisna Art Institute while he was putting up posters written by students in support the Al-Aqsa mosque (in Jerusalem). The guards led him to their office where they tied him up and severely beat him all over his body.
Egypt: Tarek Khidr arrested outside his university - now missing
EGY - News | 13 April 2010
Tarek Khidr, a student and human rights activist, was arrested on 26 March 2010 outside the main entrance of the University of Alexandria by the State Security Investigation (SSI) services, who took him to an unknown destination. His family have been looking for him ever since his disappearance and have not received any information as to his whereabouts.
Egypt: Fadel Abdullah Hussein murdered at Dier Mawas police station
EGY - News | 14 April 2010
On 31 March 2010 Deir Mawas investigative police officers, under the supervision of Mohamed Sobhi, illegally arrested a group of individuals from a coffeeshop in Samhan village, Deir Mawas in Al-Minia governorate. Amongst those arrested was Fadel Abdullah Hussein, the coffeshop owner who would later be killed in police custody following a fatal blow to the chest allegedly delivered by Mohamed Sobhi.
Egypt: 11 students kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused by Munufeya police
EGY - News | 07 April 2010
On 30 March 2010, as a Munufeya University graduation service came to a close, Egyptian Security Services arrested 11 students outside the gates of the university's Faculty of Electronic Engineering. Thousands of students were attending the service.