Egypt’s Police Attempt to Enhance Image After Spike in Brutality Cases

In a bid to express their condolences for Talaat Shabib, a civilian who reportedly died at the hands of police, Luxor security officials organized a vigil on Saturday, according to news reports. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior has said it is investigating an array of cases of a similar nature. The vigil, which was organized by the Luxor Security Directorate with the leadership of Assistant to the Ministry of Interior Essam El Hamali, is seen as an effort from officials to rehabilitate the security apparatus’ image as incidents of police torture and brutality have spiked. According to privately-owned Youm7, the vigil organizers held up a banner expressing Luxor police’s support for ongoing investigations in the incident and its “complete readiness” to “apply the law” to any individuals found to be involved in the assault on Shabib, “if even with a hurtful word”. مدير امن الاقصر و رجاله بيعزوا فى طلعت شبيب و بيقول عليه فقيد عالرغم ان من يومين بس كان بيقولوا للاعلام انه تاجر مخدرات — Zeinobia (@Zeinobia) November 28, 2015 Translation: Luxor’s security director and his men mourned Talaat Shabib and called him deceased even though just two days ago they…

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