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Egyptian policeman sentenced to 8 years for murder, torture The officer was found guilty of torturing to death veterinarian Afifi Hassan in Egypt's Ismailia governorate
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a police officer in Ismailiya to eight years in prison on charges of killing a veterinarian inside his wife's pharmacy, state news agency MENA reported. The interior ministry suspended officer Mohamed Ibrahim in November 2015 after he was accused of torturing veterinarian Afify Hassan, which forensic experts say led to his death. The officer was also charged with falsifying official records. Torture is outlawed by Egypt's 2014 constitution, with Article 52 stating that "torture in all its forms is a crime without a statute of limitations." Although human rights groups say that torture remains widespread in Egyptian police stations and prisons, the interior ministry has repeatedly insisted that it would punish any policemen proven to have tortured prisoners. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/187174.aspx