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Egyptian family arrested after exposing sexual assault faced by detained son

Egyptian police broke into the house of Abdelrahman al-Shwaykh’s family and detained his mother, his father and his little sister.

This happened just days after his mother went public with claims Abdelrahman had been raped and tortured by prison guards
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