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– An account of alleged torture in an Egyptian secret detention (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 11, 2018

Egyptian authorities forcibly disappeared Egyptian-American limousine driver Khaled Hassan, who said authorities also tortured him and held him secretly for four months.
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