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Amnesty tells Egypt to probe mob attacks on women
June 11, 2012
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the harassment. A group of men attacked the rally, groping women, tearing their clothes off and robbing them despite attempts by men to fend them off. Amnesty said authorities never investigated the attacks.
From the ferocity of the assault, some of the victims said it appeared to have been an organized attempt to drive women out of demonstrations and trample on the pro-democracy protest movement.
The attack follows smaller scale assaults on women this week in Tahrir, the epicenter of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down last year. Thousands have been gathering in the square this week
the harassment. A group of men attacked the rally, groping women, tearing their clothes off and robbing them despite attempts by men to fend them off. Amnesty said authorities never investigated the attacks.
From the ferocity of the assault, some of the victims said it appeared to have been an organized attempt to drive women out of demonstrations and trample on the pro-democracy protest movement.
The attack follows smaller scale assaults on women this week in Tahrir, the epicenter of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to step down last year. Thousands have been gathering in the square this week
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