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Egypt's ex-PM Faces Torture Allegation in American's Lawsuit

Associated Press

   CAIRO, EGYPT - After his arrest in 2013 for documenting the deadliest
   crackdown on protesters in Egypt's modern history, Mohamed Soltan
   landed in a notorious prison where he says he was brutally tortured for
   21 months.

   He never thought he'd get a chance to fight back, let alone make it out
   alive.

   But on Monday, Soltan, a 32-year-old U.S. citizen now living in
   Virginia, used a federal statute to accuse former Egyptian prime
   minister Hazem el-Beblawi of crimes against humanity.

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