Torture in Egyptian prisons - a guide through videos

Egyptian prisoners, many of which include mere suspects, go through unimaginable torture. Thanks to the internet, we are exposed to many videos that expose this torture. I find it unethical to post the horrific videos here, because no one actually has permission from these prisoners to publish such humiliating videos that include men being raped by sticks, or women mocked while tortured. But you can easily find it through YouTube. I’ll post the least horrific ones (and believe me, these are all nothing compared to the real stuff.) I’ll start with an ART (popular string of Arab channels) video where a film indirectly criticized the type of torture Egyptians must face in prison.

Take a look here:

The second video is extremely powerful. Here is the English translation provided by the video’s poster:

This freedom song is a post-mortem story told by a dead narrator. He says: “Hey, good news, I’m finally dead and free. The other day I was having tea at my usual cafe. I was feeling great. All of sudden, for no reason, I began singing: ‘Freedom, Freedom, where are you? Mubarak is keeping us away from you’. A split second later, two guys came up to me: ‘Hey wise guy, what exactly do you think you’re doing? You’re a political activist or a melody maker?’ I replied: ‘oh… hello… Say, why don’t you guys join me for a cup of tea?’ They replied: ‘No, no sweet heart. You join us.’ So they grabbed me by force to their official secret service car. ‘Where are you taking me?’, I asked, ‘to hell?’ No, they replied, we’re taking you to some place worse: an Egyptian Police Station’. Humiliation, insults, electric shocks, beating, cigarette burnings, slapping and rape…

‘Freedom, Freedom, where are you. Mubarak is keeping us away from you.’

I only hope that Kareem will be as safe as possible while in prison. I hope he will not face such traumatic abuse. I hope all these violent abusers rot in hell for ruining the lives of thousands if not millions.