source: FJ Portal; Facebook; Masr Alarabia; Al Masry Al Youm (Egypt); Al Gomhurriah; Tahrir News (Egypt); Al Ahram; Dotmsr; New Arab; Al Shorouk; Rassd; AFP; Egypt Today; Egypt Independent; Xinhua; Soutalomma; Fath News
actor1: Police Forces of Egypt (2014-) National Security Agency
actor2: Civilians (Egypt)
location: Al Mansurah
notes: On 7 February 2020, officers with the Egyptian National Security Agency tortured a researcher in Al Mansurah (El Mansora, Dakhalia) by beating him in the stomach and using electric shocks on him. The researcher was first detained and interrogated at the airport after he arrived from Italy where he is conducting postgraduate research on gender, and was accused of 'disseminating false news' and 'inciting to protest' before the 17-hour interrogation continued at an undisclosed location in Al Mansurah.