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Purposely jump in the air and la on my face with his legs. >> he was one of scores of protesters locked up. troops also arrested at least 17 women, who were kept for days at a military detament center. these women protesters were beaten given eleric shock, strip searched and forced to submit to virginity tests. one of these women was this ai 20-year-ol hairdresser. >> they made us sign statements declaring if we were virgins. >> she said she submitted under threat of electrocution. >> translator: during the test no one was standing except for a womaand amale doctor. six soldiers were standing ...

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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 submit to virginity tests. one of these women was this 20-year-old hairdresser named salwa husseinn...

You've heard. >> reporter: no, no, i've talked to a number of people who have described being pulled in by soldiers here and beaten when they've tried to organize protests. we've continually asked the ruling military council about this, they flatly deny any charges of torture and deny reports in amnesty international of 17 female demonstrators detained and strip searched and photographed by male soldiers and subjected to what they called virginity tests. the military flatly denying all of this. these are, of course, signs of concern for people who really help for major changes after hosni muba...