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Electrocution. it was an officer who would purposely jump in there and land on my face with the legs. >> reporter: essam was one of scores of protesters detained by the military forces in tahrir square on march 9th. troops also arrested at least 17 women who were kept for days at a military detainment center. amnesty international says that these quote women protesters were beaten, given electric shocks, and subjected to strip searches while being photographed by male soldiers and then forced to...

Outskirts of cairo, and there throughout what sounded like a truly hellish night, the women were strip searched, at some points photographed by men, and then subjected to what this one woman described as a virginity test. take a listen to what she had to say to us in march. >> translator: they made us sign statements declaring whether or not we are virgins. during the test no one was standing were standing behind us and watching the back side of the bed. i think we were there to be witnesses. >>...