Egypt: Rape And Sexual Violence Perpetrated By Security Forces 'Surges' Under El-Sisi's Regime...

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Source: Independent UK

Egypt: Rape And Sexual Violence Perpetrated By Security Forces 'Surges' Under El-Sisi's Regime In Campaign To 'Eliminate Public Protest'

Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Tuesday 19 May 2015

The systematic use of rape, sexual violence and assault constituting torture has surged since the political coup led by President el-Sisi in Egypt, spreading beyond the confines of police stations and detention centres to officials openly assaulting people in the streets, at universities and people’s homes during raids, according to a new report.

The International Federation for Human Rights’ (known as FIDH) latest report, which focuses on sexual violence committed since the Egyptian military takeover in July 2013, claims the documented sexual harassment, rape, sexual assault, rape with objects, anal and vaginal “virginity tests”, electrocution of genitalia, sex-based defamation and blackmail by police, state and military personnel is being used to “eliminate public protest”.

Human rights NGOs have stated the likelihood of being sexually assaulted when arrested is extremely high, especially if a woman is being detained, because the “police consider it their duty to discipline prisoners."

The report contains testimonies of people who have suffered sexual violence at the hands of authorities, with one woman describing how she was beaten to the point where she could no longer stand up before being repeatedly sexually assaulted and then raped while vomiting blood. She had suffered the violence after telling an officer he had "no right" to touch another woman's breasts while he was preparing to arrest her.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-rape-and-sexual-violence-perpetrated-by-security-forces-surges-under-elsisis-regime-in-campaign-to-eliminate-public-protest-10260040.html

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