Egypt denies torture of detained activist

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His lawyers say Zaky, 28, was beaten and electrocuted by security forces while in custody. FMTNews Egypt

CAIRO: Egypt’s top prosecutor on Sunday denied allegations that police had tortured detained prominent rights activist Patrick Zaky while on a visit home from Italy.

“He did not testify to suffering any harm or abuse during his arrest or detention,” the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement.Zaky was detained on a warrant issued in September after had left the country to pursue his studies. Rights groups have regularly accused Egyptian security services of practising torture, allegations the interior ministry has denied.

Doctoral student Giulio Regeni, 28, disappeared in January 2016 in Cairo, where he was carrying out research on Egyptian trades unions. His badly mutilated body was found in a suburb of the capital a few days later, bearing the marks of torture.

 

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