torture in egypt: wikileaks


5. (C) According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, the worst police torture takes place during murder investigations.  He said that his brother-in-law who 
is a police officer in the Delta Governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh 
described "unrelenting pressure" from superiors to solve murder 
 
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cases by any means necessary.  XXXXXXXXXXX said human rights lawyers and XXXXXXXXXXXX have told him that to conduct murder 
investigations, police will round up 40 to 50 suspects from a 
neighborhood and hang them by their arms from the ceiling for weeks 
until someone confesses. 
 
 

wikileaks twitter:

Egypt: "Police will round up 40 to 50 suspects and hang them by their arms from the ceiling for weeks" http://is.gd/WRu0ha
about 7 hours ago via web

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