a scene from tahrir scare, egypt. the protesters. you would think this is before hosni mubarak announced he was leaving. what you re seeing happened march 9th, a sign that the new egypt continues to be plagued by old problems. more from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: a young egyptian singing a rebel song. in tahrir square, the epicenter of egypt s revolution, he raised his voice in protests during 18 historic days and nights which brought down a despot and left many egyptians full of hope. he can say anything he want without being afraid.
statements declaring whether or not we are virgins. reporter: she says she submitted to the test under threat of electrocution. translator: during the test no one was standing except for a woman and a male doctor. six soldiers were standing behind us and watching the backside of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. reporter: a spokesman for the egyptian military says some of the 17 women who were detained on march 9th received one year suspended jail sentences but he denied any allegations of torture or virginity tests. he also told us this. the ruling egyptian military council is preparing to approve a new law that would make the kind of protests we saw here in tahrir square a criminal offense, punishable by jail time or huge fines. did you ever think you would be seeing this type of behavior on february 12th after hosni mubarak left? no. i m shocked. i m shocked because i thought that, you know, that kind of
reporter: she says she submitted to the test under threat of electrocution. translator: during the test no one was standing except for a woman and a male doctor. six soldiers were standing behind us and watching the backside of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. reporter: a spokesman for the egyptian military says some of the 17 women who were detained on march 9th received one year suspended jail sentences but he denied any allegations of torture or virginity tests. he also told us this. the ruling egyptian military council is preparing to approve a new law that would make the kind of protests we saw here in tahrir square a criminal offense, punishable by jail time or huge fines. did you ever think you would be seeing this type of behavior on february 12th after hosni mubarak left? no. i m shocked. i m shocked because i thought that, you know, that kind of treatment has went down with the regime.
a scene from tahrir scare, egypt. the protesters. you would think this is before hosni mubarak announced he was leaving. what you re seeing happened march 9th, a sign that the new egypt continues to be plagued by old problems. more from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: a young egyptian singing a rebel song. in tahrir square, the epicenter of egypt s revolution, he raised his voice in protests during 18 historic days and nights which brought down a despot and left many egyptians full of hope. he can say anything he want without being afraid. reporter: look what happened to him nearly a month later,