These women crossed paths with the Egyptian justice system. These women were either arrested for speaking out or had gone to the authorities to report a crime. Whether they are victims of crimes, witnesses or the accused, women who encounter Egypt’s criminal justice system risk being taken aside and stripped, groped, prodded and violated. The women in these videos, speaking publicly for the first time, described sexual violations that they said were committed in police stations, prisons and hospitals. And women in Egypt rarely report them because sexual assault victims are often shunned and disparaged.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2021 20:03 UTC