those released said they were not allowed access to a lawyer. they were held blind folded. five say they were tortured, beaten with clubs, threatened with electricity or being violated with bottles. this is from a government promising not to pursue, harass or deprive protestors of their right to freedom of expression. according to human rights they ve defeigned 62 in the last week alone. you ll hear from one of them picked up in the last 24 hours and hear from the google executive detained for more than a week. his emotional words after his appearance reenergized liberation square and blooeted new life into the life. the vice president s only answer to that is a veiled threat of police action. there s something else he said, that egypt is not ready for democracy. i spoke about that with khalid abdullah. the vice president now of egypt is saying that egyptians aren t ready for democracy.
uprising so far, 11 people. according to human rights watch, the estimate is 297 and they got that by canvassing hospitals in cairo and alexandria. the government hasn t done that. they ve also got new numbers on arrests and detentions, but before we give them to you, i just want you to hear what vice president suleiman said, stating what he said came straight from president mubarak. translator: the president stresses that the egyptian youth deserve the appreciation of the nation and issued orders not to prosecute them, harass them or deprive them of their right to freedom of expression. not to pursue, harass or deprive them of their right to freedom of expression. according to human rights watch, egyptian army officers and police have arbitrarily detained at least 119 people since the 20th of january. at least 20 were picked up heading to or leaving liberation square. those released said they were not allowed access to a lawyer. not even let their families know they were in custod
maybe 10 minutes in, we were under virtual house arrest by the egyptian government. we had an armed soldier with us from the moment we were in there. as i was getting my cat scan i was being accused of being an israeli spy. i had my passport taken. we spent the rest of the night with the soldier keeping a very close eye on what we were doing. locking our door from the outside. this is the hospital room. government and the thugs in my mind in my feeling were one. what happened next? we were thrown into the back of an old jeep. blind folded, at that point before we ended. you are hearing rattling of guns and people moving stuff around and you know, you can t help but sort of think, what are they doing? surely they are not going to it didn t make sense they are going to pull us out and shoot us. they opened the back of the jeep and lock-step us with the
some young people who were blind folded. the tape is breathtaking. what are we going to do about that? we some responsibility in the sense that we are paying money to this military. the chief of staff of the pakistani military has or add investigation. and has promised strict discipline against these people if they are members of the pakistani military. it is a gruesome tape, no doubt. the general also points out that the terrorists themselves have used pakistani uniforms, in the past, to try and discredit, the pakistani army we need to see what is going on. i didn t think we should rely just on their investigation. we need some knowledge of it as well. greta: i don t doubt that. this has been on the internet for sometime. it took some pounding and outrage. not like he says you are right i think we are going to investigate. i just got win of this. they ve none about it.
some young people who were blind folded. the tape is breathtaking. what are we going to do about that? we some responsibility in the sense that we are paying money to this military. the chief of staff of the pakistani military has or add investigation. and has promised strict discipline against these people if they are members of the pakistani military. it is a gruesome tape, no doubt. the general also points out that the terrorists themselves have used pakistani uniforms, in the past, to try and discredit, the pakistani army we need to see what is going on. i didn t think we should rely just on their investigation. we need some knowledge of it as well. greta: i don t doubt that. this has been on the internet for sometime. it took some pounding and outrage. not like he says you are right i think we are going to investigate. i just got win of this. they ve none about it.