beaten, battered and scarred after egyptian soldiers detained him. the torture took four hours. they removed my clothes, used sticks, metal rods, wire hoses, electrocution and also an officer who would purposely jump in there and land on my face with his legs. reporter: he was one of scores of male protesters detained by this crackdown of security forces in tahrir square on march 9th. troops also arrested at least 17 women who were kept for days at a military detainment center. amnesty international says these quote women protesters were beaten, given electric shocks, subjected to strip-searches while being photographed by male soldiers, then forced to submit to virginity tests. one of these women was this 20-year-old hairdresser named selwa hussany. translator: they made us sign statements declaring whether or not we are virgins.
with hope. he can say anything and i m not afraid. look what happened to his son, nearly a month later, beaten, battered and scarred after egyptian soldiers detained him. the tortured took four hours. they removed my clothes, used sticks, metal rods, wires hoses, electrocution and also an officer who would purposely jump in there and land on my face with his legs. reporter: he was one of scores of protesters detained by this crackdown of security forces in tahrir square march 9th and arrested women kept for days at a military detainment center. these quote women protesters were beaten, given electric shocks, subjected to strip-searches while being photographed by male soldiers, then forced to submit to virginity tests. one of these women was this 20-year-old hairdresser named
reporter: look what happened to him nearly a month later, beaten, batter ed and scarred after egyptian soldiers detained him. the torture took four hours. they removed my clothes, used sticks, metal rods, wire hoses, electrocution and also an officer who would purposely jump in there and land on my face with his legs. reporter: he was one of scores of male protesters detained by this crackdown of security forces in tahrir square on march 9th. troops also arrested at least 17 women who were kept for days at a military detainment center. amnesty international says these quote women protesters were beaten, given electric shocks, subjected to strip-searches while being photographed by male soldiers, then forced to submit to virginity tests. one of these women was this 20-year-old hairdresser named selwa hussany. translator: they made us sign
a greek journalist stabbed with a screwdriver. those protestors are still throwing rocks while armed gangs roam the streets with metal rods and sticks. it could get worse leading up to tomorrow, called departure day, the deadline protestors set for mubarak to leave office. president obama spoke about the crisis one hour ago. we are mindful of the violence we are now seeing in the middle east. we pray that the violence in egypt will end and that the rights andes a prayings of the egyptian people will be realized. and that a better day will dawn over egypt and throughout the world. this morning, egypt s prime minister held a news conference with a rare apology for the violence. he admitted it was likely organized and then promised to investigate who is behind it. i want to bring in nicholas
that were standing guard with, you know, large sticks, metal rods, bats, blockading the streets. just, you know, they were taking precautions thinking they might do damage and kept everyone in the hotel rooms telling us not to leave. it appeared they were just protecting their property from anyone who might be looting. we re happy you guys are back. i m sure your families are a lot happier than we are. thanks for coming in, marion and mikaela. should the u.s. take a more active role what s happening in egypt and the middle east? you re telling what you think to jack cafferty. the cafferty file coming up. and china shows off its military might. why is it more like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster, literally?