A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 83 Para 63. Country Date 26/01/07 Type AL Mandate TOR Allegations transmitted security intelligence office in Madinet Nasr, Cairo, where they were blindfolded and handcuffed, beaten and given electric shocks to sensitive parts of their bodies. They also were subjected to sleep deprivation and forced to watch others being tortured. Subsequently they were transferred to Al-Khalifa detention centre. Presently the Egyptian authorities are planning to return the four men to Tunisia. Concern is expressed that they might face torture or ill-treatment, if they are returned to Tunisia 'Imad al-Kabir (also known as 'Imad Mohamed Ali Mohamed), a 21-year-old minibus driver. On 18 January 2006, he was detained and taken to Bulaq al-Dakrur Police Station, where several police officers slapped him and kicked him with a stick on his hands and legs. On 19 January 2006, the public prosecutor ordered his release on bail, but instead he was taken back to the same police station. In the early morning of 20 January 2006, several police officers beat him, tied him by his wrists and ankles, and raped him with a stick. One of the officers made a video of the rape, which was later circulated and put on the Internet. On 9 January 2007, Mr. Al-Kabir was sentenced to three months in prison by a criminal court in Giza. He is now in a prison in Giza. Government response By letter dated, 27/02/07, the Government informed that the Department of Public Prosecutions was informed that someone had downloaded from the Internet a section of a video showing acts of torture by the police. The Department of Public Prosecutions investigated the matter. It found that after Mr. Imad Mohammed Ali, a suspect in a case, had been released on 19 January 2006, he had continued to be held in detention by the investigation unit at Bulaq Police Station up until the evening of 21 January 2006. During that time, his hands and feet were bound, his undergarments were removed and he was left naked. A police officer beat him, sexually assaulted him and attempted to insert a stick into his anus. A police sergeant kicked him all over his body and filmed the assault, using a mobile telephone. On 27 December 2006, the Department of Public Prosecutions issued a warrant for the committal for trial before the criminal court of both the police officer and the police sergeant, pursuant to