A duty to protect, not torture
NOVANEWS
Moscow, June 12, 2010 (Pal Telegraph-- by Rachael Rudolph)- In most countries the duty of an officer of the law is to protect ordinary citizens, and not to brutally beat, torture and kill those they are charged with protecting. Two officers, Mohamed Alfallah and Awaad Elmokhber, have been accused of beating, torturing and killing Khalid Saeed in Alexandria, Egypt. For many human rights observers the death of young Khalid is just one of many cases that have occurred at the hands of the current Egyptian government under the so-called Emergency Laws.Khaleed Saeed, a 28-year old, was in an internet café that he frequently visited when the officers stormed in demanding to see the identification cards of all those present. Under Egyptian emergency laws, enacted following the assass...
