Egypt finds democracy can wait
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,,1775860,00.html
Simon Tisdall
Tuesday May 16, 2006
The Guardian
President Hosni Mubarak's enforcers have a particular way of dealing
with female demonstrators: they sexually humiliate them. The case of
journalist Abir al-Askari is but one example. When she arrived at
Cairo's high court last week for a disciplinary hearing against two
pro-democracy judges, she was grabbed by several men.
"They drove me to Sayyida Zeinab police station. I screamed and
resisted and they beat me and pulled my hair and my veil," Ms Askari
said. "Right in front of the police station they kicked me. When people
gathered and told them to stop they replied: 'She's been committing
adultery.'"
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