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'Virginity tests' trial adjourned to mid-January Case against army doctor accused of conducting 'virginity tests' on female protesters is adjourned to 14 January as prosecutors downgrade charges against the accused soldier
A military court has adjourned the trial of an Egyptian army doctor who allegedly subjected female protesters to compulsory "virginity tests" until 14 January. MD Ahmed Adel Mohamed El-Mogy, a 27-year-old conscript, is accused of subjecting seven women, including protester Samira Ibrahim, to "virginity tests" against their will. The women were initially arrested on 9 March, after the military attempted to disperse a sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir Square. They were then taken to the notorious C28 military prosecution facility, where the tests were carried out. Ibrahim, however, was the only one of the women to file a lawsuit against Egypt's armed forces and ruling military council. On 27 December, the State Council Administrative Court issued a landmark ruling in Ibrahim's favour, outlawing the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees. In a taped account of the incident posted on YouTube, Ibrahim stated that she was taken into a room, told to undress and then subjected to the test by a man dressed in a Khaki army uniform. Earlier this week, military prosecutors toned down the charges against El-Mogy from sexual assault to “performing an act that violates modesty."
