selwa hussainy. they made us sign statements declaring whether or not we are virgins. reporter: she says she submitted to the test under threat of electrocution. during the test, no one was standing except for a woman and male doctor. six soldierings we ings were st behind us watching the backside of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. reporter: saying some of the 17 women detained march 9th received one year suspended jail sentences but denied any allegations of torture or virginity tests. he also told us this. the ruling egyptian military council is preparing to have new law that would make the kind of protests we saw here in tahrir square a criminal offense, punishable by jail time or huge fines. reporter: did you ever think you would be seeing this type of behavior on february 12th after hosni mubarak left?