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General: Egypt Carried Out 'Virginity Tests' on Protesters

Official admits Amnesty report is true

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 31, 2011 3:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – An Egyptian general has admitted that female protesters were forced to submit to "virginity tests" after being arrested in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The senior general defended the tests, which were carried out on women arrested a few weeks after Hosni Mubarak's ouster,...   Read full story »

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Egypt • Egypt protests • Tahrir Square • Egyptian military • virginity test

 
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