CAIRO: Egyptian political activist, Wael Ghonim, accused former Ministers of Interior, Habib al-Adly and Mahmoud Wagdi, the former Head of Security, Hassan Abdel Rahman, of abducting and detaining Ghonim in the State Security's headquarters. Wael Ghonim testified in the Supreme Court on March 3 about his disappearance during the Egyptian January 25 Revolution. Ghonim said he was calling for a protest against the former regime. He also called to achieve justice and freedom in Egypt. He therefore, naturally, participated in protests of the January 25 Revolution. On January 25, Ghonim gathered with a group of protestors in Hekma Dar in Qaser Aini Street when security forces attacked them to prevent them from reaching Tahrir Square. Security forces headed to Tahrir Square and began attacking protestors with tear gas at 7:00 P.M. Security forces used all tactics to scatter away the protestors in Tahrir. On January 25, Gonim left Tahrir at 1:00 A.M. He remained at home for two days, preparing for the Friday of Anger that occured on January 28. However, Ghonim was arrested in Zamalek on January 27 at 1:00 A.M. "A group of four or five people attacked me. They threw me onto the ground and put me in a car. They covered my eyes, insulted me and took off my clothes to search me," Ghonim said. "After I put on my clothes back on, they said, ‘welcome to State Security headquarter.'” Ghonim was detained there for twelve days in a small damp room. He was blindfolded the entire time. There was a blanket on the ground on which Ghonim used to sleep on and there was a policeman in the room at all times. Finally he met with Mahmoud Wagdy, Hassan Abdel Rahman and the former secretary general of the dissolved National Democratic Party, Hossam Badrawy. "It was not a good meeting," Ghonim said. "I was badly treated, detained in a room not fit for living and I was blind-folded the entire time."
