Activists in Egypt warn that the number of deaths and rapes in police custody is rising fast.
‘Rape is being used as a weapon by Egyptian police against both men and women, former detainees have told The Telegraph and human rights activists inside and outside the country.
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As the country counts the cost of four years of strife and eighteen months of rule by its military strongman, President Abdulfattah al-Sisi, there is increasing pressure on the authorities to account for tens of thousands of people rounded up in protests and other mass arrests.
Even pro-regime newspapers have begun to question the numbers of people reported to have died in police custody. There are also increasing numbers of people released saying they were sexually assaulted.’
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