source: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
actor1: Police Forces of Egypt (2014-)
actor2: Civilians (Egypt)
location: Nasr City
notes: On 10 December 2019, a board member of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) was arrested and tortured by police in Nasr City (Cairo). The victim was arrested at a police checkpoint when he refused to enter the password for his phone to be searched and then brought to a police station and tortured until he revealed the password.