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Wikileaks cables 01/28/11

Submitted by Gmartine on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 19:56.

Here is one of the cables about torture.

http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/01/09CAIRO79.html

"Torture and police brutality in Egypt are endemic and widespread. The police use brutal methods mostly against common criminals to extract confessions, but also against demonstrators, certain political prisoners and unfortunate bystanders."

"Human rights lawyer XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed police brutality against common criminals, including the use of electric shocks, to the problem of demoralized officers facing long hours and their own economic problems. He asserted that the police will even beat lawyers who enter police stations to defend their clients."