A report says normal police investigative practice in Egypt is to arrest everyone at a crime scene and then torture them to obtain information.
The Egyptian Supreme Council for Human Rights' first annual report, funded by the government, says crime suspects in Egyptian police stations are given electric shocks, hung by their arms or legs from the ceiling, or beaten with sticks, whips and rifle butts, the BBC reported Monday.
Similar allegations have been made by international independent human rights groups, but it is the first time a government-sanctioned body has articulated them.
The council and the human rights groups say Egyptian law enforcement officers detained and tortured hundreds of people after three bomb attacks at Sinai tourist resorts last October.
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