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Police officers allegedly insulted, beat, and tortured a lawyer following his arrival to the police station on 6 May. On 5 May 2016, Egyptian security forces arrested the lawyer in Cairos Maadi district and brought him to Shubra al-Kheima police station in northern Cairo. On May 7, his lawyers filed a complaint to several authorities, including the head judge of the Supreme Judicial Council, the prosecutor-general, the Lawyers Syndicate, and the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR). In the complaint, they say that police officers allegedly insulted, beat and tortured the human rights defender. |
