Thursday, February 7, 2013

New regime, same brutality in Egypt

By Cam McGrath 
Asia Times

"Video footage of Hamada Saber, an Egyptian protester, being dragged naked across a Cairo street and beaten by riot police has sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform, a key demand of the 2011 revolution that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak. With no change in a security culture that condoned torture, President Mohamed Morsi is accused of relying on the same brutality as his predecessors to crush dissent....."

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