Egypt. Alaa Abd El Fattah and his lawyer recount humiliation and beatings in maximum-security prison | | Mada Masr
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Shortly after his arrest on September 29 from the Dokki police station, where he had been serving a probation sentence, activist and writer Alaa Abd El Fattah was blindfolded and taken to the maximum security wing of Tora Prison.
A press release issued by his family on October 9 recounts beatings and humiliation they say Abd El Fattah endured once he arrived to prison.
“He was slapped and kicked as he passed the prison door, was told to strip to his underwear, then forced to walk down a corridor of people as he was beaten on his back and his neck. This is known as the “welcome parade”, and is routine abuse in Egypt’s prisons. It lasted 15 minutes,” the statement read.
Following the “welcome parade”, an officer told Alaa that he hates the revolution and hates him and that prison is made to ‘teach people like you a lesson’ and that he “will be in prison for the rest of his life.”