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March 7, 2011

Egytian Protesters Overrun Secret Police Headquarters, Seize Evidence of Torture 
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In Cairo, hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation's
secret police seizing mounds of secret documents and evidence of
torture. Mc Clatchy newspapers reports some former prisoners sobbed as
they saw their old cells, recalling electric shocks and severe beatings.
Families held passport photos of missing relatives and were desperate to
explore the dank chambers of the State Security building for clues to
their fates. Activists say documents found inside the building contain
evidence of phone-tapping, election rigging and torture. Protesters
searched the building looking for political prisoners.

Karim, Egyptian protester: "We're just trying to make sure that if there
are any people inside the state security building, we need to get them
out. These people are political prisoners, they've been there for years
and we've seen this in Alexandria and in other places so we want to make
sure that there isn't anybody in there at this point and we want to
secure those documents or make sure that these documents go to the right
hands."



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