Egyptian Military Admits to ‘Virginity Tests,’ Pledges to Stop Conducting Them
- Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:17pm by
Billy Hallowell
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CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Amnesty International said Monday that Egypt’s military rulers have acknowledged carrying out so-called “virginity tests” on female protesters — the first time the army has admitted to the much-criticized practice.
Earlier this year, some women came forward and claimed that they had been subjected to these tests. The military, as you will see below, denied the accusations:
Maj. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a member of the military council ruling Egypt since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, justified the tests as a way to protect the army from rape allegations, Amnesty said.
But the rights watchdog said al-Sisi vowed the military would not conduct such tests in the future.
The “virginity test” allegations first surfaced after a March 9 rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that turned violent when men in plainclothes attacked protesters and the army intervened forcefully to clear the square.
Amnesty has found 18 female detainees were forced to undergo the tests.
“Subjecting women to such degrading procedures hoping to show that they were not raped in detention makes no sense, and was nothing less than torture,” the Amnesty International secretary general, Salil Shetty, who met with the military council, said in a statement issued by the group.
“The government should now provide reparation to the victims, including medical and psychological support, and apologize to them for their treatment,” he said. A press release on the group’s web site read:
“The Major General’s comments must translate into unequivocal instructions to army staff that women are never forced to undergo this treatment again in Egypt,” said Amnesty International.
“Subjecting women to such degrading procedures hoping to show that they were not raped in detention makes no sense, and was nothing less than torture. The government should now provide reparation to the victims, including medical and psychological support, and apologise to them for their treatment.”
The youth movement that led the anti-Mubarak uprising is sharply critical of the generals now in charge, upset at the pace of efforts to lead Egypt to democracy. Since Mubarak’s fall on Feb. 11, the military has cracked down on peaceful protests, and critics say it has failed to restore security in the streets and to initiate a serious national political dialogue.
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MUDFLAPS
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 6:10amOHHHH dont you just love those little fuzzy faces fellas???
Report Post »KENTUCKYREDBONE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:44amTheir just might be a way to cure them of this behavior! Let them Virginity check Nancy Pelosi! If that don‘t cure them I don’t know what will!
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 3:08amMore MUSLIM logic: “in order to avoid a false accusation of rape, we’re going to forcibly probe a bunch of female genitalia.”
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:51pmThose wacky Muslims. No wonder the Democrat women & the N.O.W. gang love them.
Report Post »Mick1140
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:21pmAgree what she said about against Christian and Arab Culture….But does she not understand that Egypt is now under Muslim Control….and Sharia Law applies now…
Report Post »TeaParty_InTheSky
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:08pmtaxpayer money going to these guys to help out with more democracy(rape, murder, and mayhem) This is what democracy looks like
Report Post »Seede
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:31pmOnce again the genocidal Arab/Muslims show the world what they truly are. Nothing but cowards who choose women,old men and children to prove their bravery as warriors. They wear diapers about their heads and masks to hide behind while they terrorize the women and children. These insane imbeciles worship a Allah who is not of Abraham and wear masks to hide their face from the true warriors of America. They will all one day follow their insane genocidal Muhammad to the depths of hell where they came from. The true warriors of the free world who love their women ,old people and children will one day rid these liars from the earth.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:03pmMaybe they should start admitting to the gang rapes and the multiple rapes too!
Darn. Love that Arab Spring!
Report Post »AZBOB
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:56pmAre some of the Egyptian men afraid of their male prowess?
Report Post »LadyVet
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:42pmThese are the cretins the Obama administration is so thrilled about and can’t wait to welcome into power. Moo-slims are barbaric people who insist in living in the stone age why is America and the rest of the civilized world taking them seriously? Would all the left wingers who support the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Arab spring” want their sisters, daughters and wives subject to virginity inspections by military goons if they got arrested or detained, I think not, then why is it ok to support this group of thugs?
Report Post »boca_chica
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:32pmYou are talking about a religion that considers women and children property. Even the other religions talk about the man “head of the household”owning his family. Only secular rules and laws (eg.U.S.A.) has curbed this type of common practice in the world. And only lately with the internet, satellites and 24 hour news has these practices been shown to be very old fashoned but still popular. We are still Tribal by nature. Education helps to dispell these old traditional ideas.
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:31pmHistory has shown us over and over again that Revolution is not always a good thing. I doubt that the Egyptian people will ever see ‘democracy”. Now they will suffer under military rule and soon they will suffer even more under Sharia law. The women of Egypt will suffer the greatest if the religious zealots continue to gain momentum. I am sorry that this happened but when you play with fire you usually get burned. This is only the beginning.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:19pmI wonder if they check diapers of 97 old women. I guess i should’nt give them any ideas.
Report Post »joshbpool
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:13pmI only care as mush as I need to about Egypt. We have more immediate problems here on our home front. Until we help ourselves we cannot help anyone else(properly anyways).
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:59pmOMG!!!…
Report Post »every pervert in the middle east probably applied for these jobs…oh that means every man in the middle east applied!!! Nasty, degrading, dirty people, muslims in general. It’s a blanket statement of the middle east and muslims everywhere.. PUKES
stephenb.net
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:12pmSooo only unmarried women protest? Couldn’t a married woman be raped? Am I missing something here when it comes to the logic of doing these tests or is it just a way to lessen the number of protestors by encouraging women stay home to avoid the intrusion of her privacy?
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:21pmIntimidation, fear, humiliation , you know democracy in a Muslim country.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:05pmIf it were up to me, those who defiled these women would not only have their hands cut off for touching a woman, but also have their eyes painfully burned out for looking at what was forbidden to them to view.
I mean, hey, this is the kind of stuff these stinking savages understand, right?
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:10pmYes. It’s the ONLY thing those murderous savages understand……..
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 12:54ambUT IT LIKE IRAN MEN AT THE TOP! They’d really like to take them home as house slave/sex girls !
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:04pmThis is sad for the women of Egypt and I would hope one day that they can be free of this kind of treatment against them from these pigs.
Report Post »regressive_democrat
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:04pmAt least they aren’t sending spys into doctors offices.
Report Post »regina4u
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:56pmLet Egypt burn in hell that’s what I say .What they did to Laura Logan we western women will never forget. Bastards from the beginning.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 12:50amyEAHLUP! YOU GOT THAT RIGHT !
Report Post »bucksnort
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:53pmGLENN BECK OWES GEERT WILDERS A SERIOUS APOLOGY.
I have not even heard Mr. Beck mention this exoneration of Geert Wilders on his radio or TV show.
I will not be a part of GBTV so long as Mr. Beck continues to assail this good and brave man of freedom.
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:56pmbye..
Report Post ».bigger problems to talk about…like minnie mouse in a burka etc!
ghostsouls
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:04pmOH please…LOL one less viewer…woooo. I’m scared for Beck!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:49pmSad/horrifying.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:46pmWOW ! ! ! WAY tO Go Obama- Clinton ! ! ! !
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:47pmOnly a disgusting, depraved country would have implemented them in the first place. These people are lower than filth…as a nation and as a people.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:19pmDefinitely a horrible thing to do of course we can’t expect anything less of these people that obama supports so much. I just wonder how they do these virginity tests, if they are like all of obama other buddies that he supports over there. They probably use their “schtick” to find out.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:37pmWHY HAS IT TAKEN THEM SO LONG TO QUIT THIS ACT…
This was admitted around on may 31, 2011 ( http://tiny.cc/7o3d0 ), no one reported they were still doing it.
How can the world allow them to continue to do this. Then in addition they are still coming after the United States about our ‘Attacks on Human Rights’ because he don‘t allow gay marriage and African Americans are still ’persecuted.’ What part of the govt does this. If a person does it, shame on you, but there are racists everywhere, on both sides… La Raza, Black Panthers, NAACP, etc.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:36pmGet your finger out of it, IT DOESN’T BELONG TO YOU!!!!!!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 27, 2011 at 10:23pmDid they check Hillery too??? UUUUUGGHHHHHH!!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 2:02pm.
Report Post »Where we gonna get those 72 virgins now?