Ahmed Gam, 21, who he says was tortured by police during his two-day detention last month, lies in a bed in his parents' home in the coastal city of Monastir, Tunisia February 10, 2021. Picture taken February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tarek Amara
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police took Ahmed Gam from the shop where he worked, accused him of looting during recent protests, and beat him so badly during his detention last month that he lost a testicle, he said.
Lying in bed in his parents' home in Bennane, near the coastal city of Monastir, Gam, 21, could not stand without help and cried as he described police beating and burning his genitals.
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