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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 egypt's ruling military council are denying. sanjay? >> it's hard to hear and fouad, i know it's not been that much time obviously since the revolution in egypt. but does this surprise you what ivan sa r saying first of all, and what are you i do are going to be the biggest challenges for egypt? >> i think ivan h...

Four hours. they removed my clothes. they used sticks, hoses, ropes. a man would jump in the air and land on my face with his legs. >> reporter: he was one of scores detained during this crackdown in tahrir square on march 9. troops arrested at least 17 women who were kept for days at a military detainment center. amnesty international says these, quote, women protesters were beaten, given electric shocks, subjected to strip searches while being photographed by male soldiers. then forced to submit to virginity tests. one of the women was this 20-year-old hairdresser. >> translator: they made u...

Cuts on their head. 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 egypt's famous tahrir square and take on the 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 egypt's ruling military council are denying. sanjay? >> it's hard to hear and fou...

Just this morning, sanjay, i talked to two men who had been dragged in by egyptian soldiers into the headquarters of egyptian state tv while they were participating in a small protest there. they were held down and beaten and electrocuted in their groins. they showed me the bruises on their wrists, on their faces, cuts on their head. 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 egypt's famous tahrir square and take on the a military detainment ce...

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 egypt's 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 egypt's ruling military council are denying. sanjay? >> it's hard to hear and fouad, i know it's not been...