Cairo Criminal Court, headed by Councillor Adel Abdel Salam Gomaa, postponed the second hearing in the trial of two officers, four policemen and two soldiers in Maadi police station, until

The media went nuts, especially the cable networks. WAR ON TERROR banners crawled across every news alert.

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Today Egyptians around the country have off from work and school in recognition of a new national holiday: Police Day. The Mubarak regime, it seems, has a sense of humor

*Commemorating Egypt’s Police Day, Bikya Masr is republishing a series of articles that highlight police abuse in the country. This article was originally published December 13, 2009.

Ahmed Rajab Abdelradi, a 23 year old chemist from Aswan, was arrested on 12 November 2009, and was later severely tortured while in the custody of the Investigative Branch of