Ivan Sa R News Today

Tahrir square and taken to a military detainment center. some of them, including these women, were subjected to forced virginity tests upon threat of electrocution from egyptian soldiers. these are stunning allegations of human rights abuses that the spokesman for the military and for egypts ruling military council are denying. sanjay? >> its hard to hear and fouad, i know its not been that much time obviously since the revolution in egypt. but does this surprise you what ivan sa r saying first ...

Heritage, but that was before 1952. i think egyptians have the best chance in the arab world as a whole for making that transition to a democratic future. its a culture with a legal framework, and i think we saw the best of egypt in tahrir. we will see some deviation from that. men are not angels. but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. >> and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situatio...

And i spoke with one woman, as well. a 20-year-old hairdresser who was detained along with more than 100 others on march 9. according to amnesty international, at least 17 women were detained in egypts famous tahrir scare and taken to a military detainment center. some of them, including these women, were subjected to forced virginity tests upon threat of electrocution from egyptian soldiers. these are stunning allegations of human rights abuses that the spokesman for the military and for egypts...