A tool of torture and abuse?
Egyptians are turning their anger towards the country’s much feared and hated state security apparatus.
Three weeks after ousting Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians are turning their anger towards his internal security apparatus, storming the agency’s main headquarters, and seizing documents to help build a case that the service was used as a tool of torture and abuse against ordinary Egyptians.
Why is the Egyptian security apparatus so feared and hated? And what role could it play in the new post-revolution Egypt?
Joining the programme to discuss these issues are: Hisham Safie Eldin, a former police officer; Hossam el-Hamalawy, a blogger, journalist and activist; and Theodore Karasik, the director of research at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Affairs.
This episode of Inside Story aired from Sunday, March 6, 2011.