Egypt

Court postpones ruling in trial of three secret police

Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday postponed a verdict in the trial of three policemen from the disbanded state security apparatus.
 
The verdict will be announced on 28 November, officials said.
 

The suspects are accused of torturing five citizens before the 25 January revolution.

Brigadier Emad Seyam is accused of torturing three citizens, stripping them of their clothes and electrically shocking them to force them to admit to their supposed affiliation to specific political groups

Lieutenant Colonel Wael Meselhy is also accused of torturing one individual, stripping and electrically shocking him to force him confess affiliation to resistance groups in Iraq. Colonel Walid Farouq is charged with torturing, beating and insulting a citizen to get confessions of involvement in explosions and funding Palestinian groups.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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