Virginity Test

Waiting for the Military Trial

Alaa Al Aswany | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Virginity Test, Samira Ibrahim, World News
Alaa Al Aswany

By the standards of the Military Council, justice means that Egyptians can be shot dead, blinded, sexually abused and dragged through the streets, without a word of objection. When we say that the Military Council is responsible for all these crimes, the Military Council gets angry and sees us as provocateurs trying to bring down the state.

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The Unfinished Revolution: We Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder With the Egyptian Protesters

Bianca Jagger | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Egypt, Rasha Azeb, Women's Rights, Military Tribunals, Salwa Hosseini, Maikel Nabil, Human Rights Watch, Hosni Mubarak, Bread, Freedom and Dignity, Democracy, Emergency Law, Amnesty International, Khaled Alkhamissi, Scaf, Mu?Tazz Nasr, Revolution, Samira Ibrahim, Protest, Tahrir Square, Mona El Tahawy, Hania Sholkamy, Virginity Test, Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, World News
Bianca Jagger

The Egyptian peoples' revolution that began a year ago today must not be allowed to be hijacked by the military. The Egyptians, more than ever, need the support of the international community during this critical period, to achieve their goals.

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Egyptian Women Will Not Be Silenced

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Egypt Protests, Women and Politics, Egypt, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights, Women's Empowerment, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egyptian Women, Egypt Virginity Tests, Virginity Test, Women in Egypt, Religion News
Fahad Faruqui

Egypt is a society where female honor is held high, and this is why rape incidents go unreported. Those who thought that the military police played a positive role in unseating Mubarak may have cause to re-evaluate their position.

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Egypt Bans Forced Virginity Tests

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Egypt, Reuters, Egypt Court, Egypt Forced Virginity Test, Egypt Virginity Test, Virginity Test, Samira Ibrahim, Video, World News

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the country's military rulers to stop the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees, in a rare c...

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U.K. Reportedly Ordered 'Virginity Tests' On Migrants

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: England Virginity Tests, Immigration, Virginity Test, Immigration Virginity Tests, Britain-Immigration, Great Britain, World News

LONDON — Newly discovered documents indicate that the British government concealed how often it administered so-called "virginity tests" to fema...

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Male 'Virginity Test' Helps Free Three Men Accused Of Rape

AP | TRAN VAN MINH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pham Thi Hong, Virginity Test, Virginity, Rape, Vietnam, Male Virginity Test, Traditional Medicine, Nguyen Dinh Kien, Crime, World News

HANOI, Vietnam — An acupuncturist who claims she can detect a man's virginity based on a small dot on the ear has become a minor celebrity in Vi...

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