Egypt uses probation to extend ‘humiliating’ control over opponents

Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready Over the summer last year, Nourhan Moustafa’s brother left the house to attend a meeting with a colleague but, instead, was arrested by National Security Agency officers who stole his money, keys and mobile phone. At the NSA security headquarters, Kareem was tortured by electric shock and beaten, even though he has an overactive thyroid that makes him vulnerable and at risk of falling into a coma. Kareem later found out he was imprisoned because of a post he allegedly shared on Facebook in 2014, only at the time of the alleged offence, he did not have an account. His father is a political dissident living in exile in Turkey and … Continue reading Egypt uses probation to extend ‘humiliating’ control over opponents