Egypt Virginity Test

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who rallied worldwide attention against forced "virginity tests" on female protesters because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments discovered on her Twitter account.

An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention. The court denied the humiliating tests even took place, despite a ruling by another court and admissions by generals quoted by a leading rights group.

A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees.

Egypt's military rulers have promised that women in custody will not be subjected to virginity tests in future, Human Rights Watch said today.An apparent admission by a general last month in an interview with CNN that some female protesters detained in March had been forced to undergo the tests sparked an outcry, with Amnesty International calling ...

Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt's military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers subjected female detainees to so-called "virginity tests."Bloggers say they will hold a day of online protest on Wednesday to voice their outrage, adding to criticism of the Supreme Council of t...

The Obama administration is postponing an award for an Egyptian activist who rallied worldwide attention against forced "virginity tests" on female protesters because of anti-American and anti-Semitic comments discovered on her Twitter account.

An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention. The court denied the humiliating tests even took place, despite a ruling by another court and admissions by generals quoted by a leading rights group.

A Cairo court on Tuesday ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees.

Egypt's military rulers have promised that women in custody will not be subjected to virginity tests in future, Human Rights Watch said today.An apparent admission by a general last month in an interview with CNN that some female protesters detained in March had been forced to undergo the tests sparked an outcry, with Amnesty International calling ...

Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt's military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers subjected female detainees to so-called "virginity tests."Bloggers say they will hold a day of online protest on Wednesday to voice their outrage, adding to criticism of the Supreme Council of t...