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A student blogger critical of Egypt's policy towards the Gaza Strip is believed to have been held incommunicado in the custody of State Security Investigations (SSI) services and at risk of torture since his arrest on 6 February.

State Security police summons blogger Sameh el-Aroussi who leaked the Ain Shams police torture video

Families accuse State Security of kidnapping and torturing 5 shabab with electric shocks

State Security police is still alive and well, and involved in torture.

Interesting article form As-Shrouq on State Security Police officers' religiosity, value system, that legitimizes the use of torture against detainees.

My 2 cousins were tortured by SS officer Hisham Tawfiq

A HUGE list of SS officers and informers involved in torture, including the addresses and phone numbers of some.

A list of SS and ordinary police officers involved in torture.

Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old student of Middle Eastern studies at the American University in Cairo, was detained Friday and his whereabouts is unknown, said anti-torture activist Aida Seif El Dawla.

A 30-year old was sexually abused and tortured by electric shocks, severe beatings and suspension from the ceiling, on the hands of Giza State Security officers, to extract a false confession about his membership in a Islamist group