#torture in prisons
Cairo court has set April 10 for the hearing on a lawsuit calling for the closure of the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) office in Cairo and withdrawal of its license to operate in Egypt, Ahram Online reported. Lawyer Mohamed Hamed Salman filed the lawsuit in response to a report by the BBC titled, "The Shadow Over Egypt" that was published in February. The report highlighted cases of alleged forced disappearance, torture, imprisonment among many others. Among the cases is a report on…