Egypt's DIsappeared: Viva Le Revolution

February 18, 2011 seemed like a day of hope and redemption for the people of Tahrir square who'd risked everything to see this day. When Hosni Mubarak announced his resignation as President of Egypt after 30 years of dictatorial rule.

Elections were held and the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt's first open election less than later that government was overthrown by the military and it brought with the torture and repression so despised   by the people.

Guardian interviews with former detainees reveal up to 400 Egyptians being held without judicial oversight amid wider crackdown on human rights


Since at least the end of July 2013, detainees have been taken there blindfolded and forcibly disappeared. Up to 400 are still being tortured and held outside of judicial oversight in the clearest example of a wide-scale crackdown that Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have jointly called “repression on a scale unprecedented in Egypt’s modern history”.

“Officially, you aren’t there,” said Ayman, a middle-aged man who was brought to Azouli towards the end of 2013, and one of only a few to later be released.

For Khaled, a young activist, the torture began before he arrived. Arrested as he went about his daily business several months ago, he alleges that he was beaten and electrocuted by soldiers and military policemen in an enclosed outdoor space for several hours before being driven to Azouli.

“They used up two electric-shock machines,” said Khaled. “They brought a towel and put water on it and put it on my face to stop me breathing. The military policemen kept beating me.

“After four hours my clothes were ripped apart. My face was swollen. My eyes were closed. I got a wound in my jaw deep enough for a soldier to put his finger inside it.”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on a recent visit to Egypt announced  the resumption of military cooperation between the two nations.  What's most important isn't the rights of Egypt's citizens or that there's widespread torture.  No, what's most important to the U.S. is that there's a nice stable dictatorship in place that they can count on to violate the human right's of Egyptians all in the name of American foreign policy.