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« Women, "honor" and public space | Main | Links 23-26 December 2011 »
Tuesday
Dec272011

Egypt: An end to virginity tests

By AuthorIssandr El Amrani |

Samira Ibrahim, who won first part of her case against the Egyptian military's

From Hossam Bahgat, the director of the excellent NGO Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights:

I have good news (gasp). This morning the Court of Administrative Justice ruled in our favor in the case against army chief for subjecting female protesters to "virginity tests". Court admitted the case and issued an urgent injunction against any future "tests". We now continue the fight to get criminal accountability and compensation for the women.

The above pic is of Samira Ibrahim, a victim of the "virginity tests" last March who took the military to court.

Read more about the case in Daily News Egypt.

DateDecember 27, 2011 at 6:37 PM Comment2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

Of course I read somewhere that some SCAF person said that the injunction could not be executed (literally "non-executable") because it is not a military policy. Will be interesting to see what happens with the second stage of this case -- the criminal accountabiltiy, etc.

Dec 27, 2011 at 9:52 PM | Unregistered CommenterPH

You need to fill us in to the reasoning for a virginity test on a protester or anyone arrested for that matter. Is this something to do with your culture? I don't understand.

Dec 28, 2011 at 10:18 AM | Unregistered CommenterDemeur

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