'One of the Severest Forms of Torture.' A Former Inmate on Medical Negligence in Egypt's Prisons
In an interview, a former prisoner reveals the details of his detention in Egypt's notorious al-Aqrab or Scorpion Prison.
Muhammad Kamal is a research assistant at DAWN, where he works on human rights protections in Egypt and across the region.
Kamal has first-hand experience dealing with human rights violations in Egypt as he was a former detainee and political activist. Previously, Kamal was a former member of the political bureau of the April 6 Youth Movement in Egypt and a former spokesman for the movement.
Currently, he serves as a member of the political bureau of the Egyptian National Front. One of Kamal's professional interests is the poor conditions of political prisoners in Egypt.
In an interview, a former prisoner reveals the details of his detention in Egypt's notorious al-Aqrab or Scorpion Prison.
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's attempt to rebrand his dictatorship as a "new republic" cannot hide the reality that Egyptians have lived...
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