http://tinyurl.com/3haxet5 May 31, 2011 Egyptian General Admits Troops Carried Out "Virginity Checks" Activists in Egypt Press for Investigation into 'Virginity Check' Allegations 31 May 2011 VOA News Activists and rights groups are calling on Egypt's military rulers to investigate accusations that soldiers subjected detained female protesters to "virginity checks." CNN reported on Tuesday that one senior general admitted security forces performed the acts on some women detained during continued rallies weeks after the demonstrations that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. CNN quotes an anonymous Egyptian general saying that the virginity tests were carried out so that women would not claim that soldiers raped them in detention. One 20-year-old detained woman said the guards forced her to take off her clothes and shocked her with a stun gun as a male doctor looked to try to determine if she was a virgin. She said they also threatened her with prostitution charges. The allegations center on arrests made after a rally on March 9. The violent rally in Tahrir Square followed a popular uprising that led to the ousting of Mr. Mubarak about a month earlier. Also Tuesday, Egypt's public prosecutor says former President Mubarak currently will remain in his hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh because he is not well enough to move to a prison hospital. The former president was admitted to the facility in April after suffering heart problems. Last week, Egypt's chief prosecutor said the ousted president and two of his sons will be tried on charges including abuse of power, wasting public funds and killing of pro-democracy demonstrators earlier this year. Earlier this month, Egyptian authorities released Mr. Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, after she agreed to hand over about $3.4 million in accounts in two banks and a villa in Cairo. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
