2 Egyptian police sentenced for torture

Two police officers were convicted Monday of torturing a bus driver in an abuse case that came to light when a cell phone video of the man being beaten and sodomized appeared on Egyptian blogs and YouTube. The Associated Press reports.

"They were sentenced to three years in prison.

... In November 2006, several Egyptian bloggers posted a video showing a man naked from the waist down being sodomized with a stick. As he screamed in pain, those around him, whose faces were not visible, ridiculed him and threatened him that they were going to spread the video among his fellow drivers to humiliate him."

emily | 8:31 AM | Happy Slapping/Violence |
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