#rule of law
The Prosecutor-General Hisham Barakat has commenced an urgent investigation into allegations of torture after the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) alleged prisoners have claimed to be subject to "beatings, assaults, humiliation and torture." NCHR members had visited Abu Zaabal prison in north-east of Cairo where they had met with four prisoners over complaints regarding allegations of torture. Despite requesting to meet with at least 12 prisoners, the prison authorities only allowed the NCHR to meet with four, according to…
