The UK-based Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) reported that 12 female students have been assaulted and sexually harassed while in provisional detention in December 2013.
Families of the 12 students submitted complaints to AOHR claiming the victims were subjected to torture and sexual harassment at the hand of police officers following their arrest. Some of them underwent virginity tests at Nasr City police station.
Following their transfer to Al-Qanatir prison, the women were placed in the same cells as convicted criminals, which contravene the law and international standards.
Below is a list of the victims’ names as documented by AOHR:
| Name | Faculty | Department | Year | Arrested | Address | Case Number |
| Alaa’ Mohamed Abdul A’al | Arabic and Islamic Studies | Arabic | 3rd | On campus, 28/12 | 16 Ibrahim Abdul Qadir street, Al-Ameeria, Azzaytoon, Cairo | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Sara Mohamed Abdul A’al | Arabic and Islamic Studies | Arabic | 3rd | On campus, 28/12 | 16 Ibrahim Abdul Qadir street, Al-Ameeria, Azzaytoon, Cairo | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Asma’ Nasir Assayed Hasan | Engineering | Electrical | 1st | On campus, 28/12 | Beer Al-Abid, Sinai | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Aisha Mohammed Abdul-Fattah | Business | 1st | On campus, 28/12 | Shubra Al-Khayyma, 2 Mohammed Shihata St. | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court | |
| Fatima Mohamed Lashin | Business | 1st | On campus, 28/12 | Shubra Al-Khayyma, 13 Abdulhamid Khalil St., Umm Bayyoumi | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court | |
| Islam Jamal Raheel Abdullah | Engineering | Planning | 4th | On campus, 30/12 | Al-Tal Al-Kabeer, Ismailia | 7458 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Tasneem Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed | Medicine | 5th | On campus, 30/12 | Asharqia | 7458 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court | |
| Hajjar Mohamed Mohamed | Natural Sciences | Biology | 1st | On campus, 30/12 | Ibrahimia Asharqia | 7458 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Rawda Jamal Abdulatheem | Human Sciences | Childhood education | 1st | On campus, 28/12 | Masr Al-Jadida, Cairo. | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Hajjar Ashraf Ahmed Mahmoud | Secondary School | On campus on her way to the dentist, 28/12 | Saqqir Quriesh buildings, Nasr City, Cairo. | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court | ||
| Summaya Yusuf Mohamed Ahmed | Islamic and Arabic Studies | Sharia and Law | 1st | On campus, 28/12 | Saudi Ali Steet. | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
| Aya Abdullah Okasha | Pharmacology | 4th | On Campus, 28/12 | 10 Abu-Bakr Assideeq Street from the direction of Azohour Street. Nasr al-Ola, Cairo | 7399 for the year 2013. Nasr City Misdemeanor Court |
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