Egypt opposition claims 2nd anti-Morsi protester killed by police after torture

Egyptian protesters shout anti-Mohammed Morsi slogans before clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 1, 2013. / AP

CAIRO An Egyptian opposition party on Monday claimed police tortured one of its members to death, electrocuting him and beating him repeatedly on the head — the latest case alleging police brutality in a crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Mohammed el-Gindy, a 28-year-old activist, died of his wounds early Monday at a Cairo hospital after he was "tortured to death," the Egyptian Popular Current party said in a statement.

The Interior Ministry had no immediate comment.

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El-Gindy went missing for several days after protesting on Jan. 27 in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The protesters are opposed to Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's policies and are pressing him to amend the constitution, which was drafted by a panel dominated by Islamists and approved in a public referendum last year.

Party spokeswoman Mona Amer said she saw el-Gindy's body and that it carried marks of torture. She said he was electrocuted, had broken ribs and a "cord appeared to have been wrapped around his neck." A medical report cited brain hemorrhage as cause of death.

Party members were organizing a funeral for el-Gindy and Mohammed Saad, a 20-year-old protester, who also died of his wounds sustained during clashes with security forces on Friday.

More than 60 people have died in recent protests across Egypt that began on Jan. 24, the eve of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

The deaths of the two activists come days after a video surfaced showing riot police beating and dragging naked a man during Friday clashes near Egypt's presidential palace. The man, Hamada Saber, initially denied police abuse and said protesters undressed him. But later he changed his account of what happened, saying he lied to avoid more problems.

The beating was caught on camera by The Associated Press, and the video was broadcast live on Egyptian television late Friday as protests raged in the streets outside the presidential palace. The AP video showed police trying to bundle the naked man into a police van after beating him.

The beating prompted a rare statement of regret from the Interior Ministry, which promised to investigate the attack. The president's office said it was pained by the images and called the assault "shocking."

[Aussie_convict]

Chuck769 says: "Nobody has ever been maimed or killed in an American interrogation"

Abu Ghraib Chucky?


Death of Manadel al-Jamadi
Manadel al-Jamadi
The prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib prison after being interrogated and tortured by a CIA officer and a private contractor. The torture included physical violence and strappado hanging, whereby the victim is hung from the wrists with the hands tied behind the back. His death has been labeled a homicide by the US military, but neither of the two men who caused his death have been charged. The private contractor was granted qualified immunity.


Reports of prisoner rape
Major General Antonio Taguba has stated that there is photographic evidence of rape being carried out at Abu Ghraib. An Abu Ghraib detainee told investigators he heard an Iraqi teenage boy screaming and saw an Army translator having sex with him while a female soldier took pictures. The alleged rapist was identified by a witness as an American-Egyptian who worked as a translator. He is now the subject of a civil court case in the US. Another photo shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner. Other photos show interrogators sexually assaulting prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube, and a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts. Taguba has supported President Obama's decision not to release the photos, stating, "These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency."

In other alleged cases, female inmates were said to be raped by soldiers. In one reported case, senior US officials admitted rape had taken place at Abu Ghraib.

Lets see what the Chuckles thinks of this.

[Aussie_convict]

So Taguba and Obama are lying when they admit that rapes occured at Abu Ghraib? So Chuckles I'm gonna believe them over your corrupted version of history

[Plumbline9]

There is coming a 10 nation confederacy talked about in the Book of Revelations, from which will arise a leader called the anti-christ. It is interesting if you read Psalm 83, it lists 10 nations in
a confederacy against Israel in the End Times.....The ten nations mentioned in
Psalm 83 and those I believe are also here referenced have all three of these
points uniting them -- ethnic background, religion and language -- any one of
which is in itself a powerful unifying force, but combined together, we are
reminded of that old maxim about a three fold cord not being easily broken.
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

...."These ten nations are generally of an Ishmaelitic
stock of peoples. They are also mostly adhering to the Islamic faith and
finally, they are united by the Arabic language. So, when you see this point
about ten kings being of 'one mind,' it makes a lot more sense or is more
feasible to look at the Middle East for this uniting of peoples lead by rulers
who become of one mind.

...."We can see that these ten nations join the Beast
power and make war on the 'Lamb.' Almost 30 times in the book of Revelation do
we have this term 'Lamb' used and it is quite clear that this term refers to
Jesus Christ. We can also refer to John's Gospel (1:29) where Jesus is called
clearly 'the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.'

....."So, we can see that these ten kings and the Beast
power are going to make war on the 'Lamb.' If these are Middle Eastern kingdoms
united with the Beast power, one has to wonder in some way if they are uniting
around some factors helping make them of 'one mind' as I have here referenced?
Could be. Certainly, they are going to be hostile and make war against the
Lamb. This must mean that these ten kings are hostile to TRUE Christianity and
to its leader, the Lamb, who is Jesus Christ. I think this is fairly clear from
this text."........

......Psalm 83:........For behold, Your enemies make a
tumult; And those who hate You have
lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And
consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, "Come, and
let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be
remembered no more." 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; They form
a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and
the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of
Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of
Lot.

[Aussie_convict]

Plumbline - If you are a gun owner, please, please hand in your guns FIRST then go and get the mental health treatment you obviously require.

[wfw3536]

I suppose Obama will send them another billion dollars in aid, we already give Egypt 2 billion dollars a year now. Instead of giving money to criminals running Egypt, why don't we give it to the poor in our country.

[bluejacket2-2009]

Morsi is worse than Mubarak.... The Islamic Brotherhood is a not much different than the Taliban..

To those progressives in Egypt who want liberty and freedom for all people and all religion keep fighting...

Follow your American brothers who liberated the North American colonies from Britain in 1776, Liberty or Death!!!!

Freedom is not unique to culture or region, it's a right given to all humanity by God...

[nc91]

Is Egypt one of Hillary Clinton's success stories?, like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Wikileaks, Bradley Manning?

[hamiltongrad]

The point is, where are the "moderate" Isl,sts who should be marching to support these brave Egyptians who want nothing but freedom from crazies like whoever is going to comment on my comment, paid by CAIR or other nazis.