- Human RightsTorture
- October 13, 2008
- 7 minutes read
Evidence Shows TV Anchor Bilal Mohamed Was Assaulted by Police
A medical report released by
Mohamed, el Nas Channel anchor, entered the hospital on Saturday at
In spite of the apparent cover-up by polic, Ikhwan Online was able to obtain a video of the incident recorded by Abdul-Rahman Tal’at who was picked up by state security agents and detained while on his way back from the
The video clip shows Mohamed in a condition of extreme exhaustion narrating the details of his torture at the hands of an intelligence officer named Naser, with the State Security force in Mit Ghamr. Officer Naser has led the police force which raided the house of Abdel-Rahman El-Barr, Professor of Hadith and Its Sciences at
Mohamed stated that during his detention he asked officer Naser to show him the permit of his arrest, but the officer allgedly went on beating rampage instead, breaking his ribs and causing multiple bruises and contusions all over his body and knocking him unconscious.
Mohamed added that the prison officer refused to have him getting checked by the prison doctor claiming that there were no “apparent” injuries!
Mohamed is now held at the Qasr El-Einy hospital under strict police surveillance while his health is deteriorating.