Pain, torture and alienation
(World News Egypt)

Due to Egypt´s dire political and economic situation, pain and alienation are bound to be a feature of the lives of many for years to come. July 26, 2013. Anti-coup demonstrators at Rabaa Al-Adaweya square. AA/ABACA/Press Association Images. All rights reserved. Human Rights Watch recently published a report exposing the use of `systematic torture` by Egyptian security forces. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of sexual violence, electric shocks and stress positions. Sadly, the report confirms what is already common knowledge amongst the vast majority of Egyptians. What is novel in this report is that it affirms the use of torture as a matter of deliberate state policy, and that...