CAIRO: In a move that has already received much praise from human rights advocates in Egypt, police Col. Akram Soliman has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of torturing and assaulting a mentally disabled man in the northern port city of Alexandria. The case had sparked much outrage among activists and [...]

CAIRO: The trial of a police officer accused by local Egyptian human rights organizations of violently beating and torturing a mentally disabled man in Alexandria, is set to begin on Sunday, the Cairo-based Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture said in a press statement Monday. The case was not initially publicized, but [...]