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By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Videos of police abuse in Imbaba police station

Seattle Pharaoh writes:

A friend of mine sent me an email with the links below. Someone shot these clips with a mobile phone inside the Imbaba police station in Cairo.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/8412934144726536/imbaba_police_1_hi
http://www.zippyvideos.com/6847531464726616/imbaba_police_2_hi
Of course this is minor abuse compared to the torture and killing that takes place, but this is caught on tape.

Update: Just to clarify for readers not familiar with it, the act of slapping someone on the neck seen in the videos is seen as humiliating in Egypt.