CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police raided and shut down on Thursday a prominent local organisation that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats torture victims, the group's lawyer told Reuters.
Taher Abu al-Nasr, who represents the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture, said police and officials from the Cairo municipal authority carrying out an order from last year sealed three flats belonging to the centre.
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