Torture Under Mubarak Regime Fueled Protests, Rights Group Says

By Nayla Razzouk -

Torture and police abuse under the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were one of the main causes of the protests that have engulfed the country for more than a week, Human Rights Watch said.

The 95-page report, entitled “Work on Him Until he Confesses: Impunity for Torture in Egypt,” documents dozens of cases of torture and death in custody, the New-York-based organisation said in a report released today.

“The Egyptian government’s foul record on this issue is a huge part of what is still bringing crowds onto the streets today,” Joe Stork, deputy director of the group’s Middle East and North Africa division ...

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“Work on Him Until He Confesses”:
Impunity for Torture in Egypt
January 30, 2011
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/01/30/work-him-until-he-confesses-0