Egyptian Marketing Manager Wins Court Case Banning Virginity Test

A 25-year-old marketing manager, Samira Ibrahim, has won her case against the Egyptian government, banning virginity tests that have been performed on women arrested during the March protests in Tahrir Square.

CNN reports that the tests will no longer be performed in military prisons and on those in “temporary detention.” Authorities denied that the tests were being performed before admitting it later. Ibrahim says she was tortured and humiliated by the authorities and has received death threats since launching the case.

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