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Sinai footage #1, via Wael Abbas

This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised.
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Egypt

Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples

Witnessed: 466 times

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Interview: Wael Abbas - Egypt's activist bloggers are "the spark in the oven"

Wael Abbas is an Egyptian journalist and blogger who gained worldwide recognition for his work using online video to expose and publicise torture in Egypt's police stations....

Egypt, Middle East and Caucasus

Freedom of opinion & expression, Police brutality, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 1290 times

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Egyptian Police Brutality video

police brutality in Egyptian police station.. Group police brutality in Egyptian police station including slapping on the back of the head and lashing.

Egypt

Police brutality, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 6527 times

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Egyptian police torturing a woman murder suspect

This detained girl is brutally tortured by Egyptian police to force her confess a murder crime. Out of the excruciating pain, the girl said "..aah..I killed him..I killed him..I killed him"....

Egypt

Impunity, Police brutality, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 11508 times

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Egypt Police Brutality Cellphone Footage

This is one of the many cellphone videos that document the police brutality within Egypt.

Egypt

Impunity, Police brutality, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 7489 times

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Harassment of Young Women in Downtown Cairo

Girls being sexually harrassed in downtown Cairo in full view of the police. Is this what they call a conservative religious society?

Egypt

Rape and sexual abuse

Witnessed: 9198 times

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Egypt: Bloggers open the door to police brutality debate

Human rights organisations have reported for many years that torture and abuse are rife in Egypt's police stations....

Egypt

Detention, Police brutality, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 45069 times

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Interview with Elijah Zarwan - the internet and human rights in Egypt

Elijah Zarwan, a consultant for Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in Egypt, talks about the impact that the internet has had on civil society and human rights activists in Egypt and be...

Egypt

Arbitrary arrest, Freedom of opinion & expression, Police brutality

Witnessed: 989 times

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Imprisoned Egyptian blogger (Listening Post)

This week on Listening Post: How the Egyptian government are keeping tabs on internet use, and punishing those who are accused of misusing it. We have a special report on the case of imprisoned Egy...

Egypt

Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression, Torture/ill treatment

Witnessed: 583 times

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Egypt: Cairo's women speak out against violence [via GV/WITNESS]

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS's collaboration with Global Voices Online]

Egypt

Poverty, Violence against women

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