Amnesty International has condemned Egypt for bringing charges against torture victims shown in videos where they detailed their abuse, saying that authorities were engaging in "appalling reprisals".
Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to stop their "appalling reprisals" against detainees and family members who leaked videos to the media showing torture at a Cairo police station.
The human rights watchdog called on Egypt in a statement on Monday to release the detainees and drop the charges against them, which included "spreading false news", "membership in a terrorist group" and "aiding a terrorist group".
On 24 January, The Guardian reported that it had received videos showing detainees being tortured at a police station in the working-class Al-Salam district of northern Cairo.
In one video, detainees were shown being hung and suspended from a metal grate by their arms, which were tied behind their backs, while in another detainees displayed serious injuries and bruises on their heads, chests, and backs while saying, "they are hitting us with sticks".
Nine detainees were initially arrested for offences including drug possession and assault. At least one of them, 46-year-old Nasser Omran, was cleared.
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