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900 torture cases in Egypt must be investigated immediately: rights organisation

Ahram Online, Wednesday 22 Jun 2011

The prosecutor general is to form a committee to investigate torture cases, but the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights presses for expediency

Khaled Said protest
Protest commemorating the first anniversary of the martyrdom of Khaled Said at police hands

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) filed a request on Wednesday to the prosecutor general for the immediate investigation of 900 torture cases reported between 1993 and 2010.

The organisation also said it welcomed a declaration made on Tuesday on the part of the prosecutor general that they would form a committee of three judges to investigate all torture cases, whether filed before or after Egypt’s January 25 Revolution.

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