Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Egypt: On Virginity Testing

Feb 26 [2012] - The military judge in charge of the 'virginity tests' case postpones the trial against the accused military personnel once again. Samira Ibrahim who was one of seven women that suffered the humiliating checks after being detained in Tahrir on in March 2011, turned up to the military tribunal chanting against military rule. Rasha Abdel Rahman, another one of the women who suffered virginity checks during detention, testified in the case. It is expected that when the trial resumes on March 11th a final verdict will be given.

Video by Simon Hanna for Ahram Online