EGYPT: Torturing Bloggers

Sandmonkey reports the latest atrocity out of our friends the Egyptians here;

KARIM AMER IS GETTING TORTURED IN PRISON

Abdel Karim Soliman, famously now known as Karim Amer, who got jailed for "disdain for religion" and "insulting the president" on his blog, is reportedly getting tortured by the Prison authorities.

Karim who is an Egyptian blogger sentenced to prison for 4 years for 'vilifying religions' and defaming the president was tortured & that was ordered and supervised by an investigation officer in Borg Alarab prison. Karim was also ordered into a solitary cell where he was assaulted again and had one of his teeth broken; this assault's date came to mark one year since Karim was sent to jail.

Karim reported his being tortured in prison to his lawyers in the Arabic Network and Hisham Mubarak Center, the torture came at the hand of another prisoner and a prison guard, ordered by Midhat Samir one of the prison's investigations officers. This came to pass after Karim has uncovered some corruption act in the prison. Karim was punished and tortured severely which resulted in several injuries in addition to a broken tooth. He was deprived from officially reporting the incident against the accused officer as well as denying him the right to document these injuries in a medical report. The Arabic Network for Human Rights information and Hisham Mubarak Centre for Law mentioned in their communiqué to the Prosecutor-General that the assault on Karim is manifested in the following:

• Being beaten inside
  ward Number 22 where he is imprisoned at the time of the assault, the
  battery was launched by another prisoner and a prison guard, in the
  presence of Officer Midhat Samir and under his supervision. Samir also
  gave the green light for the assault which resulted in a broken tooth
  "upper right canine tooth" along with a number of bruises and abrasions
  on various parts of the body.
• Transferring Karim to a disciplinary cell where he was
  handcuffed and had his feet strapped into shackles; he was beaten up
  again which caused him more injuries.
• Another inmate prisoner was brought over where they stripped
  him out of clothes and beat him severely in front of prisoner Kareem
  Soliman as they also threatened to inflict upon him the same
  punishment, if he didn't mind his own business.

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