No Torture in PM’s Egypt

While Human Right Watch is claiming that detainees sent from US to Egypt are being subject to torture here, PM Nazif on his media-tour in the US confirms that 60 or 70 such detained terrorists has been received, but deny flatly that they would have been tortured. In the same report, however, he says torture, as in police abuse and not as a sanctioned practice, is happening and Egypt will deal with it in the same way the US are dealing with torture in Abu Gharib. Clever move. Worrying though is the quotes in the LA Times interview and article, where he is very tolerant towards the security forces, arguing effectively that the end allows for the means.

"You don't tolerate that. But it happens sometimes," Nazief said.
"And we sometimes have to [excuse] the security forces, who are really
responsible for making our lives safer."