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Have been arrested. and that seems to be the case from so many egyptians who get arrested. they just disappear into this gulag of detention facilities and prisons and no one knows what happened to them. >> robert, do you know how many people were being held captive with you? >> it's very hard to say. i at one point was able to adjust my blindfold and i could see almost half the room, and i could see three young men. i think they were not the only ones in there. there may have been at least two other people. so including myself, six. >> that electric shock that was taking place, that was happen...

One journalist is robert tate, a correspondent for radio for europe, who was detained last friday in cairo. he had just arrived. he was held captive for 28 hours, while hearing every manner of brutality, beatings, whippings, even electric shock. it's just those things the masses say they are tired of, abuse with no accountability. robert tate joins me from prague via skype. robert, you were held for 28 hours by egyptian authorities, handcuffed, blind folded for much of the time. what did you see in terms of abuse? >> i was blind folded but what i had was i heard the crack, crack cracking of el...

Robert, you were held for 28 hours by egyptian authorities, handcuffed, blind folded for much of the time. what did you see in terms of abuse? >> i was blind folded but what i had was i heard the crack, crack cracking of electric shock and these were being used on the prisoners in the room with me and they would respond with cries of agony and pleaing for mercy. you would hear signs of punching. you would hear kicking and sometimes you would hear dull slapping sound. this went on for many, many hours, 15, 16-hour period. >> were there words being spoken by these interrogators or by

These security services feel they have, that this would actually administer electric shocks to egyptians sitting around you in the same room, knowing you're a reporter, and not caring about the fact that you may go out and tell people about it. >> well, i think this is a fundamental important point. when all this happened, it happened after i had explained who i was and who i worked for. they knew i worked for a u.s. news organization. and they didn't care. it was if they were trying to make a point. i think that point is that they didn't care what the americans or anybody else thinks. they're...

Didn't care what the americans or anybody else thinks. they're convinced that this whole movement is something that is being funded and manipulated by foreigners. >> i know they sent you then to the airport where eventually you left the country. robert tate, appreciate you being with us. thank you for your reporting. ben wedeman, we'll continue to follow with you. a new day of protests beginning in e jimts. potentially the largest yet. amazing images, we'll show you some of them ahead. again, we're live till the midnight hour. ♪