Conley
03-11-2012, 02:44 PM
A military court in Egypt has acquitted an army doctor accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on women protesters, state media reports.
Ahmed Adel was cleared because the judge found contradictions in witness statements, the state news agency said.
The case was brought by one of the women, Samira Ibrahim, who said the "tests" took place after they had been detained during protests last year.
Demonstrators gathered outside the court to protest against the ruling.
The practice drew an outcry after Ms Ibrahim and other women spoke out about their treatment following their arrest during a protest in Tahrir Square in March 2011 - weeks after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
They said they had been forced by the Egyptian army, while in detention, to submit to a five-minute-long so-called virginity test by a male doctor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17330798
Here's another example of a government our policy makers should be proud to have helped come to power. :rollseyes: What can you do but shake your head and believe this is more evidence we should abandon the region to its own depravity.
Ahmed Adel was cleared because the judge found contradictions in witness statements, the state news agency said.
The case was brought by one of the women, Samira Ibrahim, who said the "tests" took place after they had been detained during protests last year.
Demonstrators gathered outside the court to protest against the ruling.
The practice drew an outcry after Ms Ibrahim and other women spoke out about their treatment following their arrest during a protest in Tahrir Square in March 2011 - weeks after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.
They said they had been forced by the Egyptian army, while in detention, to submit to a five-minute-long so-called virginity test by a male doctor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17330798
Here's another example of a government our policy makers should be proud to have helped come to power. :rollseyes: What can you do but shake your head and believe this is more evidence we should abandon the region to its own depravity.