SS Brigadier General Ahmad el-Azzazi
One of the photos I found on the Nasr City SS DVDs belonged to Brigadier General Ahmad el-Azzazi. Azzazi was in charge of the “Trade Unions Bureau” in the dissolved State Security Police, which was involved in monitoring, arrest and torture of activists within labor unions and professional syndicates. Azzazi is a familiar face for [...]
Côte d’Ivoire: Torture scenes in the most populated prison
A video is currently creating a stir among the Ivorian online community. It shows militaries beating up prisoners in the “Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction” prison (MACA). According to the person who posted the video, the prisoners are Alassane Ouattara’s partisans. Since the beginning of the political crisis in Ivory Coast, dozens of people have [...]
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