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Amnesty: Video Shows Torture of Slain Egyptian Prisoners

HeadlineMar 09, 2011

Amnesty International has released video it says provides evidence of the torture of scores of prisoners killed during the uprising against U.S.-backed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. According to Amnesty, the video was taken inside a morgue a month ago. The victims had all been jailed at one of Egypt’s largest prisons. Corpses had wounds to the head, mouth and eyes, as well as bullet wounds, burn marks and missing fingers.

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