"For 47 days, no-one knew where I was," Mr Elhouderi says. After about two weeks, Mr Elhouderi was finally brought in for interrogation, and the beatings mostly stopped. Initially, Mr Elhouderi was accused of "breaching the ministry's secret information system". In many ways, Mr Elhouderi's interrogator - who was bluffing about Mr Mrabet - was right. Months after their release, neither Mr Elhouderi nor Mr Mrabet have been reinstated at the ministry, nor have they received any kind of compensation.
