"...forced 'virginity testing' of Egyptian women protesters."

[KansDem]

Received this in my email:

Tortured. Humiliated. Forced to take so-called 'virginity tests' by the Egyptian military.

Investigate forced 'virginity testing' of Egyptian women protesters.

The Egyptian military may have just hit a disturbing, new low: at least 18 women who were arrested during a peaceful protest in Tahrir Square on March 9 said they were forced to take "virginity tests".

Those women were threatened with charges of prostitution if they "failed" the tests. One woman, who said she was a virgin but whose test supposedly proved otherwise, was beaten and given electric shocks.

Make no doubt about it, this constitutes torture. The purpose of this test is to degrade women because they are women. This treatment is unacceptable.

Demand that Egyptian officials investigate the allegations and stop this shocking and degrading treatment of women protesters. Call on Secretary Clinton to use her influence to demand immediate action.

Twenty-year-old Salwa Hosseini told Amnesty interviewers that she was subjected to strip searches while male soldiers watched and took pictures.

These allegations fuel rising concerns that women, who were at the forefront of the protests that led to President Mubarak's resignation, are being forced into the background in the development of a new Egypt.

The protests that began on January 25th did not occur so that Egypt could replace the shocking and degrading behavior by one regime with that of another.

Call for an immediate investigation into the forced 'virginity testing' and other acts of torture and ill-treatment committed against women in Egypt.

Egyptian women will not be left behind. They stood up then to demand an end to the repression. We stand with them now to demand justice.

In Solidarity,

Geoffrey Mock
Country Specialist, Egypt
Amnesty International USA

"Forced virginity testing?"...just when you think you've heard it all! :crazy:

[Catherina]

1. The Egyptian revolution is far from over and they know the military isn't on their side

" women, who were at the forefront of the protests that led to President Mubarak's resignation, are being forced into the background in the development of a new Egypt. "


Oh hell no.

Rec'd

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. This makes me so mad I could hit someone!

[kickysnana]

3. A "pelvic" was included in all USWAC trainee visits to a doctor or counseler in 1970

as a way to keep the woman from going. Counciling was running a prostitution ring at Ft McCoy. Time honored way to keep women in line.


:patriot: :grr: and of course :sarcasm:

[freshwest]

4. No different than forced vaginal ultrasounds now mandated for those who ask for an abortion in TX.

The Egyptians are just being more random.

Better stay home pregnant and barefoot, ladies, and keep your mouth shut!

Is this the regime change we were cheering for a while back here?

Crap.