Egyptian cmdr. jailed over torture death released
An Egyptian police commander imprisoned for his role in the fatal torturing of a detainee in the port city of Alexandria in 2011 has been released on court order.
The court in Alexandria overturned Mohammed Abdel Rahman al-Shimi’s 15-year jail sentence on Thursday.
He and four other officers had been accused of detaining the victim, identified as Sayed Bilal, on suspicion of involvement in a New Year's Eve blast at an Alexandria church that killed at least 20 people.
Bilal's badly bruised body was returned to his family a day after his arrest.
Egypt's police force was widely accused of abuses during former dictator Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-long rule. Mistreatment at the hands of the law enforcement agents was a major trigger for a revolt that toppled Mubarak in 2011.
In 2012, Mohamed Morsi rose to power with the backing of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement and became the country’s first democratically-elected head of state.
He, however, was ousted a year later in a military coup on July 4, 2013 by Mubarak-era army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Resurgent police brutality
Critics say Egypt's police force is again acting with impunity.
The Sisi administration has been cracking down on any opposition since Morsi's ouster, banning the Muslim Brotherhood movement and arresting thousands of its members and supporters.
While hundreds of Morsi supporters have been killed in street clashes with police, thousands more are languishing in jails.
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